TreSean Smith: S · Louisville · #4.
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TreSean Smith
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The two seasons at Louisville span two head coaches: Bobby Petrino and Lorenzo Ward. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Western Kentucky — Week 3, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 31-7vs Indiana State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-17vs Western Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 3-27@ Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-28vs Florida State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-66vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-38@ Boston College | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 35-56vs Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-77@ No. 2 Clemson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-52vs NC State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-56vs No. 17 Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
28tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL28 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Bobby Petrino, all balanced offenses — 10-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Lorenzo Ward
Pass share
49.4%
394 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
66.4
12 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
437 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Louisville, 62 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Petrino → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
