Jerod Smith II
Louisville Cardinals
82
Good

Jerod Smith II

Louisville CardinalsSolid
RDEDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Kentucky
2nd String / Backup

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Jerod Smith II is listed 2nd string at RDE for Louisville Cardinals.

Junior · #99 · 6'4", 270 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Louisville Cardinals

  1. 15088Clev LubinStarter
  2. 29982Jerod Smith IIYou
  3. 3378Tyler Thompson

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Corbin, ranked #195 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 27 tackles, 5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot and 80th-percentile production nationally — good for a 82 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #195 NatlTeam Share3%Percentile80th
Corbin, KY
Jersey
#99
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
270 lbs
Transfer
Kentucky

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2751

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
0.9231
National Rank
#195
High School
Corbin
Hometown
Corbin, KY

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 80th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.93 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 82.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 80% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 20% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role; −6 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 9WFSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 44-20

Oct 3LNCSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-28

Sep 26LWAKETKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-27

Sep 19WSMUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-31

Sep 11WVILLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-13

Jerod Smith II's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

27 tkl · 5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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