Cameron Smith

Senior defensive back on Marshall's 2026 roster.

DB · Marshall · Sr.

6′2″ · 196 lb · Cleveland, OH

CFB Index 72 · #72 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Marshall for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6:30 pm ETat Missouri StatePlaster Sports ComplexMarshall by 3.5

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 2819 nationally · Signed with Wyoming

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Marshall's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wyoming in 2020.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

The full scouting read

Cameron Smith

DB · Marshall · Sr

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Chris Creighton and Tony Gibson. The receipt: 10 tackles against App State — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Eastern Michigan9-4HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025Marshall5-7HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

72Quality starter #72 of 364?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (90th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#45 / 2975 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#271 / 2975 · 90th pct

Tackles#316 / 2975 · 89th pct

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#553 / 2975 · 80th pct

5.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.0	0.4	0.2	0.7
Road5g	6.0	0.5	0.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	0.8	0.3	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #72 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #72 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #7 of 30 Sun Belt DBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Marshall	66	38	5.0	2.0	8	--	--
2023	Eastern Michigan	44	23	1.0	0.0	2	1	--
2022	Eastern Michigan	23	17	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Eastern Michigan	4	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		137	78	6.0	2.0	11	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 48–24

vs Old Dominion

6 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 24-point win at home against Old Dominion.

With C. Del Rio-Wilson — 219 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.1 · 95 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · N. Totten — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 7-45@ Georgia	7	7	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-21vs Missouri State	5	3	1.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 38-7vs Eastern Kentucky	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 42-28@ Middle Tennessee	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	2
Wk 5	L 51-54@ Louisiana	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 48-24vs Old Dominion	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 40-37vs Texas State	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 23-35vs James Madison	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 30-18@ Georgia State	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 24-26@ App State	10	6	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 14	L 19-24vs Georgia Southern	9	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		66	38	5.0	2.0	—	8