Ty'Anthony Smith is a linebacker at Texas who has not played in Texas's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Texas lists 12 linebackers this season.
Texas is 6-2, No. 10 in the AP poll (week 10). Next: at Missouri, Sat Nov 7.
Smith ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the same linebacker corps at Texas. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Georgia — Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 5.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-14@ No. 3 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 No. 6 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 No. 9 Vanderbilt | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-35@ No. 5 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 No. 3 Texas A&M | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-27vs No. 18 Michigan | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 39 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%6 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
2%1 pass breakups59 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 interceptions.
2 seasons under Steve Sarkisian, all balanced offenses — 23-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 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
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Pass share
50.2%
419 pass / 415 run
Plays / game
64.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #151 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #22 of 76 SEC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Sarkisian.
