Ed Smith IV
Tulane Green Wave
84
Good

Ed Smith IV

Tulane Green WaveRebuilding
DTDefenseGoodTRANSFER · South Alabama
Projected Starter

Is Ed Smith IV starting?

Ed Smith IV is the projected starter at DT for Tulane Green Wave.

Redshirt senior · #45 · 6'3", 306 lbs

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Depth at DT · Tulane Green Wave

  1. 14584Ed Smith IVStarter
  2. 29063Jordyn Crites
  3. 39663Geordan Guidry

Tulane Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Pearland Dawson, ranked #508 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 31 tackles, 3 TFL, 0.5 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 84 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #508 NatlTeam Share3%
Tuscaloosa, AL
Jersey
#45
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
306 lbs
Transfer
South Alabama

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—3130.5

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8878
National Rank
#508
High School
Pearland Dawson
Hometown
Pearland, TX

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated defense; 72th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.80 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 84.

Team defense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 72% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 34% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.80)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

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

Sep 26WUSMTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-21

Sep 19LKSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-20

Sep 12WUSATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-24

Sep 5LDUKETKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 17-3

Ed Smith IV's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

31 tkl · 3 TFL · 0.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement50%
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