Terell Smith

Former defensive back at Minnesota. 2022: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

DB · Minnesota · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 215 lb · Snellville, GA

CFB Index 75 · #55 of 322 cornersLow confidenceChicago — drafted 2023, Rd 5, Pick 31, #165 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 744 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Minnesota. 2022: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 38 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2018.
Drafted round 5 by the Chicago in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Minnesota, 109 tackles — drafted at #165 overall by Chicago.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201811 games

Signed with Minnesota3-star out of South Gwinnett

2023

Drafted by Chicagoround 5, pick 165

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#744 national

CFB

College

Minnesota

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #165

Chicago · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 4th NFL season

#165Rd 5 · Pick 31

ChicagoEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 39-20 over that span.

2018Minnesota7-6HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-leaning

2019Minnesota11-2HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2020Minnesota3-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

75Quality starter #55 of 322?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (89th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#240 / 2755 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#367 / 2755 · 86th pct

Sacks#517 / 2755 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#667 / 2755 · 74th pct

4.5

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Tackles#936 / 2755 · 65th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

75 · #55 of 322 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #55 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Minnesota	38	34	4.5	2.0	5	2	--
2021	Minnesota	16	11	0.0	0.0	2	1	--
2020	Minnesota	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Minnesota	9	7	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2018	Minnesota	43	34	2.0	0.0	8	1	--
Career		109	89	6.5	2.0	16	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 23–16

at Wisconsin

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With A. Kaliakmanis — 319 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.9 · 14 rush yds (7 car) · M. Crawford — 41 AVG · 44 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Illinois	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-45@ 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

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology