#32

Zach Smierciak

Defensive lineman for Miami (OH). 2016: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

DL · Miami (OH) · #32

6′2″ · Aurora, OH

Miami (OH) 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2040 nationally · Signed with Miami (OH)

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive lineman for Miami (OH). 2016: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Miami (OH) in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Miami (OH), 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Miami (OH)2-star out of Aurora

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2040 national

CFB

College

Miami (OH)

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Miami (OH)6-7HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (87th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#306 / 2668 · 87th pct

3.0

QB hurries#640 / 2668 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#884 / 2668 · 65th pct

3.5

Tackles#1365 / 2668 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1796 / 2668 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 19th 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

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	0.5	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chuck Martin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Miami (OH)	30	12	3.5	3.0	--	--	--
Career		30	12	3.5	3.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2016

W 37–17

vs Central Michigan

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With G. Ragland — 218 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.1 · 60 rush yds (13 car) · K. Young — 84 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week