#21

Lento Smith Jr.

Senior safety for Tulsa. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 79 tackles.

S · Tulsa · Sr. · #21

5′9″ · 185 lb · Harvey, LA

CFB Index 68 · #120 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conference

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Solo tackles: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

Best game: 1 INT, 6 tackles, at Army

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior safety for Tulsa. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 79 tackles.

Transferred from Ferris State to Tulsa in 2025.

The full story, with sources

Lento Smith Jr.

S · Tulsa · Sr · #21

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Lento Smith Jr. arrived at Tulsa from Ferris State. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-AAC. The receipt: 10 tackles, 1 TFL against Oklahoma State — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Tulsa	79	46	2.0	0.0	4	1	--
Career		79	46	2.0	0.0	4	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-7vs Abilene Christian	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-21@ New Mexico State	3	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 23-42vs Navy	9	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 19-12@ Oklahoma State	10	8	1.0	—	3	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 5	L 14-31vs Tulane	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 7-45@ Memphis	9	7	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 27-41@ East Carolina	8	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 37-38vs Temple	7	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-40@ Florida Atlantic	6	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-14vs Oregon State	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 26-25@ Army	6	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	L 24-31vs UAB	6	2	0.0	—	0
Total		79	46	2.0	1	4

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 35–7

vs Abilene Christian

3 tackles · 1 solo tackles

Dominant 28-point win at home against Abilene Christian.

With A. Davies — 50.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 3 inside the 20 · K. Francis — 218 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.6 · 2 rush yds (4 car)

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Tulsa4-8HC: Tre Lamb · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

68Quality starter #120 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (95th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#113 / 2975 · 96th pct

Tackles#157 / 2975 · 95th pct

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

79 tkl · 2 TFL · 4 PD · 1 INT

PD rate

5%4 pass breakups

Interceptions

1interceptions

Tackle volume

79tackles this season

TFL rate

3%2 TFL

79 tackles · 2 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	7.0	0.3	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.7	0.3	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

Pass share

42.8%

83 pass / 111 run

Plays / game

64.7

3 games

Team sack rate

4.2%

95 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #120 of 544 safeties

Unranked recruit. Now #120 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #7 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC 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.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Lento Smith Jr.

202512 games

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

2025 snapshot

Defensive profile

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

How he plays

DNA match

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