Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-12vs Western Michigan | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 17-10vs Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#3
Smith Snowden
Senior cornerback on Michigan's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 185 lb · Lehi, UT · Skyridge
CFB Index 79 · #47 of 364 cornersLow confidenceTransferred Utah → Michigan for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
4★
CB recruit
No. 356 nationally · Signed with Utah
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Michigan's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Utah in 2023.
- Transferred from Utah to Michigan in 2026.
In Their Words
89 windows · 2026 fan posts
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Smith Snowden
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. He got to Michigan by way of Utah. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big 12. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Western Michigan — Week 1, 2026.
6 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- recognition record
- game log
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
20234 games
- Signed with Utah4-star out of Skyridge
202512 games
The role got bigger.
- All-Big 12second
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
4 coaches2023
Michigan
2025era →
Biff Poggi
Michigan
Played under 4 different head coaches: Jim Harbaugh, Sherrone Moore, Biff Poggi, and Kyle Whittingham. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Michigan
2025Utah
2026Michigan
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy
2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced
2025Utah11-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy
2026Michigan2-0HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 17–10
vs Oklahoma
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With C. Brown — 42 AVG · 6 IN 20 · 51 LONG · B. Underwood — 111 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.4 · 87 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Ball Hawk
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Max Ahoia’s 2024 season.
Matches Max on
Height
PD rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Caldra Williford's junior season at Baylor (2025).
Matches Caldra on
Class year
Weight
PD rate
Differs from Caldra on
Tackle volume (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Smith Snowden
Background
CAREER HIGHS (PRIOR TO MICHIGAN) • Tackles: 6 - 3x, last vs. Iowa State (Nov. 23, 2024) • Solos: 5 - vs. BYU (Nov. 9, 2024 • Asst: 3 - vs. TCU (Oct. 19, 2024) • TFLs: 2.0 - vs. Southern Utah (Aug. 29, 2024) • Sacks: none • Int: 1 - 2x, last at UCF (Nov. 29, 2024) • FR: none • PBUs: 3 - at Oklahom...
The secondary · Michigan
- #7Chris Bracy71 tackles · 2025
- #3Smith Snowden37 tackles · 2025
- Jyaire Hill36 tackles · 2025
- #10Zeke Berry33 tackles · 2025
- #25Mason Curtis33 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · Michigan team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology