TreSean Smith

Senior safety on Louisville's 2019 roster.

S · Louisville · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 210 lb · Hamilton, OH

Louisville 2018 alumnus

The story

4 safety on Louisville's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Louisville, 62 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Louisville

2017–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2018

2 coaches

2017

Bobby Petrino

Louisville

2018

Lorenzo Ward

Louisville

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bobby Petrino → Lorenzo Ward. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Louisville8-5HC: Bobby Petrino · Balanced

2018Louisville2-10HC: Lorenzo Ward · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#1264 / 2662 · 51st pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles#1451 / 2662 · 45th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2234 / 2662 · 8th pct

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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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Road3g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Louisville	28	18	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2017	Louisville	34	20	4.0	1.0	1	2	--
Career		62	38	4.0	1.0	2	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 31–7

vs Indiana State

2 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 24-point win at home against Indiana State.

With M. King — 46 AVG · 64 LONG · 6 NO · M. Cunningham — 75 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.5 · 54 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 31-7vs Indiana State	3	2	—	0
Wk 3	W 20-17vs Western Kentucky	6	3	—	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	L 3-27@ Virginia	3	3	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-28vs Florida State	2	2	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-66vs Georgia Tech	2	2	—	0
Wk 7	L 20-38@ Boston College	2	0	—	0
Wk 9	L 35-56vs Wake Forest	2	1	—	0
Wk 10	L 16-77@ Clemson	2	1	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-52vs NC State	1	0	—	0
Wk 13	L 10-56vs Kentucky	5	4	—	0
Total		28	18	—	1

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

TreSean Smith

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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