Saivion Smith

Junior cornerback for Alabama. 2018: 3 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

CB · Alabama · Jr. · #8

6′1″ · 200 lb · St. Petersburg, FL

Alabama 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 47 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 cornerback for Alabama. 2018: 3 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Alabama, 58 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

20163 games

Signed with LSU4-star out of IMG Academy

201814 games

The role got bigger.

Signed with Alabama4-star out of Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#47 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016LSU8-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

2018Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (89th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#53 / 805 · 89th pct

Tackles#530 / 2662 · 80th pct

Solo tackles#532 / 2662 · 79th pct

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2101 / 2662 · 19th pct

0.5

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

2018 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home10g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road4g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Alabama	54	32	0.5	3	3	--
2016	LSU	4	1	0.0	2	--	--
Career		58	33	0.5	5	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2018

W 35–28

at Georgia

11 TOT · 8 SOLO

Edged out Georgia on the road in a shootout.

With J. Waddle — 4 rec · 113 yds · 1 TD · M. Bernier — 40 AVG · 46 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week