Sylvester Smith
Played for two head coaches at Auburn: Hugh Freeze and Alex Golesh. On tape: 4 tackles against Baylor, Week 1, 2026.
19 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 26
USA Today Oct 18
On3 Oct 17His game this year: coverage — 2 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
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Last game (Wk 9): 1 pass breakup, 1 tackle.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-16vs Baylor | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 43-8vs Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 39-44vs Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-15vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-24@ No. 17 Tennessee | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-24@ No. 1 Georgia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-38vs No. 18 LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 15-45@ No. 12 Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 4 · 2026
W 21-15
vs Vanderbilt
1 interception · 3 tackles · 3 solo tackles
A close one, won by 6 at home.
Ratings of the games shown run from -16 to +27 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
11%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL19 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Pass share
47.9%
264 pass / 287 run
Plays / game
68.9
8 games
Team sack rate
10.9%
312 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #347 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #23 of 28 SEC Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Hugh Freeze, D.J. Durkin, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.
