Shannon Smith: DL · Bowling Green · #93.
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Shannon Smith
Wins the gap play after play. The three seasons at Bowling Green span two head coaches: Dino Babers and Mike Jinks. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Ohio — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 22 | 9 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 14 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2014 | Bowling Green | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 36 | 16 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 27-35vs South Dakota | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-49@ Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-24@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-34vs Akron | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 37-29@ Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-48vs Ohio | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 17-48vs Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 9 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%2 TFLSack rate
9%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries22 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Jinks
Pass share
49.7%
417 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
69.9
12 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Bowling Green, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dino Babers → Mike Jinks. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
