Trent Smart: DE · Ohio · #90.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Trent Smart
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Ohio since. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Buffalo — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 pass 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.
Eleven Warriors Oct 27
The Columbus Dispatch Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 21-44@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-30vs Kansas | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 27-20@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-50@ Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-26vs Central Michigan | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-30@ Bowling Green | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-3vs Kent State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-28vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Toledo | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ Buffalo | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-6vs UAB | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 14 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2017
W 42-30
vs Kansas
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Kansas at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
9%3 sacksTFL rate
12%4 TFLHurry rate
9%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
50%3 of 6 pressures32 tackles · 4 for loss · 3 sacks.
2 seasons under Frank Solich — 17-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Solich
Pass share
36.9%
321 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ohio, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Frank Solich.
