Senior linebacker for Oregon State. 2019: 39 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′1″ · 237 lb · Miami, FL
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 1890 nationally · Signed with Oregon State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Oregon State. 2019: 39 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Shemar Smith
Four seasons at Oregon State, three different head coaches: Gary Andersen, Cory Hall and Jonathan Smith. One game to point at: 12 tackles, 1 sacks against UCLA — Week 6, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oregon State, 141 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Gary Andersen, Cory Hall, and Jonathan Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
JaMarcus Shephard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Oregon State | 39 | 23 | 3.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Oregon State | 85 | 46 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Oregon State | 14 | 6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 141 | 76 | 10.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 36-52vs Oklahoma State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-31@ Hawai'i | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-7vs Cal Poly | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31vs Stanford | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-31@ UCLA | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 7-52vs Utah | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-17@ California | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 23 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |