Evan Smith
Duke Blue Devils
71
Average

Evan Smith

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LCBDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Northwestern
3rd String

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Evan Smith is listed 3rd string at LCB for Duke Blue Devils.

Graduate student · #4 · 5'10", 185 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Duke Blue Devils

  1. 1388Landan CallahanStarter
  2. 2084Dylan Flowers
  3. 3471Evan SmithYou

Duke Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Oak Mountain, ranked #997 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 6 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #997 NatlTeam Share1%
Birmingham, AL
Jersey
#4
Class
GR/TR
Height
5'10"
Weight
185 lbs
Transfer
Northwestern

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—601

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
0.8600
National Rank
#997
High School
Oak Mountain
Hometown
Birmingham, AL

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 44th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.93 for competition level) put them -2 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 44% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 20% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
-2 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

Oct 10LGTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-25

Sep 26WW&MTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 62-7

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

Final W 35-7

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

Final W 31-27

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

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Team Role

6 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement11%
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