Carter Smith
Illinois Fighting Illini
49
Depth

Carter Smith

JACKDefenseDepth
3rd String

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Carter Smith is listed 3rd string at JACK for Illinois Fighting Illini.

Redshirt sophomore · #48 · 6'3", 240 lbs

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Bishop Verot, ranked #287 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 1 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 49 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit4★ · #287 NatlTeam Share0%
Rolling Meadows, IL
Jersey
#48
Class
RS SO
Height
6'3"
Weight
240 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025100

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9073
National Rank
#287
High School
Bishop Verot
Hometown
Fort Myers, FL

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 0th-percentile production (×0.92 for competition level) put them -14 vs unit starters → 49.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 0% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
-14 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

No games yet.

Game-by-game stats will show up here once available.

Carter Smith's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
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