T.J. Smith: DL · Arkansas · #52.
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T.J. Smith
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Arkansas. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Western Kentucky — Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-13vs Portland State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-31@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-34vs Colorado State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-31vs San José State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-31vs No. 23 Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-24@ Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-51vs No. 11 Auburn | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-48@ No. 1 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-54vs Mississippi State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-45vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 14-24vs Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 5 | 4.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%4 TFLSack rate
12%2 sacksHurry rate
15%3 hurries20 tackles · 4 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Morris
Pass share
52.3%
406 pass / 370 run
Plays / game
64.7
12 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
443 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Arkansas, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bret Bielema → Chad Morris. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
