Isaac Smith
Michigan State Spartans
81
Good

Isaac Smith

Michigan State SpartansAverage
LDEDefenseGood
Projected Starter

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Isaac Smith is the projected starter at LDE for Michigan State Spartans.

Redshirt senior · #13 · 6'6", 260 lbs

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Depth at LDE · Michigan State Spartans

  1. 11381Isaac SmithStarter
  2. 2974Keahnist Thompson
  3. 35162Kekai Burnett

Michigan State Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Itawamba Agricultural, ranked #148 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 25 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #148 NatlTeam Share4%
Wagoner, OK
Jersey
#13
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'6"
Weight
260 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20252511

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
0.9385
National Rank
#148
High School
Itawamba Agricultural
Hometown
Fulton, MS

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 69th-percentile production (×0.87 for competition level) put them -1 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 69% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 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 26LNEBTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-13

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

Final L 27-10

Sep 12WEMUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-7

Sep 5WTOLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-20

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

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Team Role

25 tkl · 1 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement44%
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