#26

Ty'Anthony Smith

Junior linebacker for Texas. 2025: 59 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Texas · Jr. · #26

6′1″ · 214 lb · Jasper, TX · Jasper

CFB Index 66 · #151 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Texas for 2026

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How he plays

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

Solo tackles: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

5.5 TFL · 1 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 9 tackles, 1 TFL, 2 INT, vs Michigan

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 linebacker for Texas. 2025: 59 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2024.

His career, year by year

Ty'Anthony Smith

LB · Texas · Jr · #26

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. This is his second year in the same linebacker corps at Texas. One game to point at: 9 tackles, 2 TFL against Georgia — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Steve Sarkisian, all balanced offenses — 23-6 over that span.

2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2025Texas10-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #151 of 583?

High confidenceBreakout8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: tackles (86th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#237 / 2975 · 91st pct

Tackles#413 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct

5.5

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
Road4g	6.0	0.9	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.1	0.5	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #151 of 583 LBs

Former four-star. Now #151 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #22 of 76 SEC LBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Texas	59	39	5.5	1.0	1	2	--
2024	Texas	16	8	1.5	0.5	--	1	--
Career		75	47	7.0	1.5	1	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2025

W 27–17

vs Texas A&M

4 TOT · 2 SOLO

With J. Bouwmeester — 48 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 58 LONG · A. Manning — 179 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.5 · 53 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-14@ Ohio State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-7vs San José State	6	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 27-10vs UTEP	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 55-0vs Sam Houston	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 21-29@ Florida	7	2	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 23-6vs Oklahoma	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 16-13@ Kentucky	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 34-31vs Vanderbilt	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-35@ Georgia	9	6	2.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 13	W 52-37vs Arkansas	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 27-17vs Texas A&M	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 41-27vs Michigan	9	8	1.0	0.0	2	0
Total		59	39	5.5	1.0	2	1

How he plays

Play style

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

59Tackles

39Solo

5.5TFL

1Sacks

1Pass def.

2INT

59 tackles. 1 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.

Week 12 INT
Week 71 PD
Week 121 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Texas

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Texas

Returning around him

6 Texas players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -6 net (22 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Texas · Last season: 10-3 (AP #14) · Talent rank #2 · 2026 recruiting class #7

DNA match

Player DNA

Sideline-to-Sideline

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Demarco Ward’s 2025 season.

Demarco Ward

75%match

Memphis · 2025

Jared Small

Tulane · 2023

73%

Kavian Gaither

Sam Houston · 2023

72%

James Gordon Iv

South Florida · 2022

71%

Liona Lefau

Texas · 2024

71%

Matches Demarco on

Tackle volume

Sack rate

TFL rate

Differs from Demarco on

Height (lower)

PD rate (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jaiden Ausberry's sophomore season at Notre Dame (2024).

Jaiden Ausberry

82%match

Notre Dame · 2024

Demarco Ward

Memphis · 2025

79%

Boen Phelps

Boise State · 2025

77%

Liona Lefau

Texas · 2024

77%

Gary Bryant III

Syracuse · 2025

76%

Matches Jaiden on

Tackle volume

Weight

Hurry rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Ty'Anthony Smith

Melvin Spriggs

Akron · 2024

80%

Vincent Shavers Jr.

Nebraska · 2024

78%

Demarco Ward

Memphis · 2025

75%

Boen Phelps

Boise State · 2025

65%

Amir Scarver

Kennesaw State · 2024

62%

Background

A third-year linebacker who played in 28 career games with one start ... played in all 17 games as a true freshman in 2024. SOPHOMORE (2025) Played in 12 games and started in one ... recorded three solo stops in season opener at No. 3/2 Ohio State (8/30) ... notched his first career forced fumble...

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The linebacker corps · Texas

#3Rasheem BilesLB · Sr.100 tackles · 2025
#26Ty'Anthony SmithLB · Jr.59 tackles · 2025
#28Justin CryerLB · Sr.43 tackles · 2025
#45Darius SnowLB · Sr.34 tackles · 2025
#14Brad SpenceLB · Sr.21 tackles · 2025

7 more on the roster · Texas team page

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

20247 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Sideline-to-Sideline

Players who play like Ty'Anthony Smith

Background

The linebacker corps · Texas