Senior defensive lineman on Georgia Southern's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 335 lb · Fitzgerald, GA
The story
4 defensive lineman on Georgia Southern's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKierron Smith
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Kierron Smith has been at Georgia Southern through two head coaches in three seasons. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Marshall, Week 11, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Whitley → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 14 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 34–0
vs The Citadel
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-0vs The Citadel | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 14-35@ Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 40-3@ Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 33-38@ Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 21-41@ Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Dontay Corleone’s 2022 season.
Matches Dontay on
Differs from Dontay on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Dontay Corleone's sophomore season at Cincinnati (2023).
Matches Dontay on
Differs from Dontay on
Player DNA