Former defensive end at Ohio State. 2021: 3 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.
6′4″ · 267 lb · Cleveland, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 34 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive end at Ohio State. 2021: 3 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.
Tyreke Smith
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Tyreke Smith has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Ohio State. In 2021 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big Ten. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Michigan, Week 13, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ohio State, 7 sacks — drafted at #158 overall by Seattle.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Urban Meyer → Ryan Day. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
SeattleEntering 5th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (94th percentile). Strength: sacks (86th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #127 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ohio State | 26 | 12 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 12 | 9 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Ohio State | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 55 | 28 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-31@ Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-35vs Oregon | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-20vs Tulsa | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 54-7@ Indiana | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-24vs Penn State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 26-17@ Nebraska | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 59-31vs Purdue | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-7vs Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-42@ Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 12 | 5.0 | 3.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Ikenna Enechukwu’s 2021 season.
Matches Ikenna on
Differs from Ikenna on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kyle King's senior season at Ball State (2022).
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Player DNA