Terell Smith: DB · Minnesota · #4.
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Terell Smith
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Five seasons in the Minnesota secondary to date. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Purdue — Week 5, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 5 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 4.5 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
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-0vs New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 62-10vs Western Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-7vs Colorado | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-7@ Michigan State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-20vs Purdue | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-26@ No. 24 Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-45@ No. 16 Penn State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-0vs Rutgers | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-13@ Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-3vs Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-13vs Iowa | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 23-16@ Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 34 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
13%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%4 TFL38 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 5 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
5 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 39-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
32.7%
279 pass / 574 run
Plays / game
65.6
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
295 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #55 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Minnesota, 109 tackles — drafted at #165 overall by the Chicago Bears.
A stat line in 36 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under P.J. Fleck.
Next stop · NFL
Chicago BearsEntering 4th NFL season
Chicago BearsEntering 4th NFL season
