Last confirmed: Ohio, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 260 lb · Wilmington, OH · Clinton-Massie
Trent Smart: DE · Ohio · #90.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Trent Smart
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at Ohio behind him. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Buffalo — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 21-44@ Purdue | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-30vs Kansas | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 27-20@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 58-50@ Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-26vs Central Michigan | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-30@ Bowling Green | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-3vs Kent State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-28vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Toledo | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ Buffalo | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-6vs UAB | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 14 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2017
W 42-30
vs Kansas
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Edged out Kansas at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
9%3 sacksTFL rate
12%4 TFLHurry rate
9%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
50%3 of 6 pressures32 tackles · 4 for loss · 3 sacks.
2 seasons under Frank Solich — 17-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Solich
Pass share
36.9%
321 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ohio, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Frank Solich.
