Last confirmed: Tulsa, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 265 lb · Tulsa, OK · Berryhill
Jeremy Smith: DE · Tulsa · #98.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jeremy Smith
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes. 2 stars out of high school, two seasons of real snaps at Tulsa since. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Tulane — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-59@ No. 10 Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-42vs Louisiana | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 51-54@ Toledo | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-16vs New Mexico | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 21-31vs Navy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-62@ Tulane | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-17vs Houston | 7 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | L 14-20@ UConn | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-38@ SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-41vs No. 22 Memphis | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-27@ No. 23 South Florida | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-43vs Temple | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 35 | 8.0 | 6.0 | — | 1 |
Week 7 · 2017
W 45-17
vs Houston
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Houston.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
11%6 sacksTFL rate
14%8 TFLHurry rate
2%1 hurryPressure-to-sack conversion
86%6 of 7 pressures57 tackles · 8 for loss · 6 sacks.
2 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery
Pass share
32.8%
291 pass / 597 run
Plays / game
74.0
12 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
333 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
57 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Tulsa, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Blankenship → Philip Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
