Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/56Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 56 inside-the-5 carries (1.8%).
Tago Smith
Tago Smith: QB · Navy · #2.
Tago Smith
Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Navy since.
Style of play
Style of play
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Navy in the news
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Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-16vs Fordham | 1/1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 100.0 | Season-high 45 yds |
Signature game
Week 1 · 2016
W 52-16
vs Fordham
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Fordham · 3rd and 18 · Q1 · EPA +4.74Tago Smith run for 62 yds to the Fordh 17 for a
- Week 1 · Fordham · 4th and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Tago Smith run for 22 yds to the Fordh 14 for a
- Week 1 · Fordham · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.49Tago Smith run for 11 yds for a TD, (Bennett Moehring KICK)
- Week 1 · Fordham · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.29Tago Smith pass complete to Calvin Cass Jr. for 45 yds to the Fordh 16 for a
- Week 1 · Fordham · 1st and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.20Tago Smith run for 7 yds for a TD, (Bennett Moehring KICK)
- Week 1 · Fordham · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA −1.74Tago Smith sacked by Nick Angeli and Brandon Weir for a loss of 4 yards to the Fordh 39
4 more plays
- Week 1 · Fordham · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −0.83Tago Smith run for no gain to the Navy 27 Tago Smith fumbled, recovered by Navy Tago Smith
- Week 1 · Fordham · 1st and 4 · Q1 · EPA −0.65Tago Smith run for no gain to the Fordh 4
- Week 1 · Fordham · 2nd and 12 · Q1 · EPA −0.49Tago Smith sacked by Noah Fitzgerald for a loss of 6 yards to the Navy 21
- Week 1 · Fordham · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −0.30Tago Smith run for 2 yds to the Navy 18
Teams and coaches
3 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 28-12 over that span.
2014Navy8-5HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy
2015Navy11-2HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy
2016Navy9-5HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 45.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 45.0 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
17.3%
153 pass / 729 run
Plays / game
63.0
14 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2016
10 carries and 1 pass attempt in 1 game
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Four seasons at Navy
- 2016 Navy NiumataloloYear 4 · 1 game
- 2015 Navy NiumataloloYear 3 · 7 games
- 2014 Navy NiumataloloYear 2 · 5 games
- 2013 Navy NiumataloloYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- High school WarwickNewport News, VA · Class of 2013Two-star, No. 1,988 in the 2013 class. Signed with Navy.Also from Warwick: Messiah Delhomme (Maryland) and Christian Corbin (Delaware).
How it ended
Three seasons at Navy, 290 passing yards — the college career is complete.
2013
- Signed with NavyTwo-star, out of Warwick
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coach2013–2016
Navy
Played every college season under Ken Niumatalolo.