Last confirmed: Illinois, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Groveport, OH · Groveport Madison
Dawuane Smoot: DL · Illinois · #91.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Dawuane Smoot
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 1 sack against Minnesota — Week 9, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 15.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Illinois | 56 | 30 | 15.5 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Career | 56 | 30 | 15.5 | 5.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Murray State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-48vs North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-34vs Western Michigan | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 16-31@ No. 15 Nebraska | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-34vs Purdue | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7@ Rutgers | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 8 | L 8-41@ No. 3 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-40vs Minnesota | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-27vs Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 11 | L 3-48@ No. 7 Wisconsin | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-28vs Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-42@ Northwestern | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 56 | 30 | 15.5 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%16 TFLSack rate
9%5 sacksHurry rate
18%10 hurries56 tackles · 15.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
50.8%
358 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
58.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
56 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Illinois, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit, and Lovie Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
