Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-19vs Indiana State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 36-38vs Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 38-52@ UCLA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
#23
Trey Smith
Junior defensive end for Purdue. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′4″ · 265 lb · Ocoee, FL
The numbers
0.5
sacks · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Indiana State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior defensive end for Purdue. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Madison Central in 2015.
Trey Smith
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Trey Smith has been at Purdue through two head coaches in three seasons. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-SEC. One game to point at: 2 tackles against UCLA — Week 3, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0.5 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2015
- Recruited3-star out of Madison Central
2020
- All-SECfirst
2023
- Signed with Illinois3-star out of Ocoee
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Purdue
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥈
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024
Ryan Walters
Purdue
Coaching transition mid-career: Ryan Walters → Barry Odom. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Career stats
Game log
Game by game
Trey Smith's 2026 production
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 44–19
2026 snapshot
Since week 2: +2 tackles.
Season context · Team result + system
2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo
2025Purdue2-10HC: Barry Odom · Balanced
2026Purdue1-2HC: Barry Odom · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Pass share
50.2%
107 pass / 106 run
Plays / game
71.0
3 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
122 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Starter
The No. 1,115 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Big Ten as a junior.
DNA match
Player DNA
Versatile End
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
EDGE
His 2025 production profile sits closest to David Santiago’s 2025 season.
86%match
Matches David on
Class year
Height
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Zakaih Saez's sophomore season at Oregon State (2025).
Matches Zakaih on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Trey Smith
The defensive line · Purdue
- #94Rodney Lora4 tackles for loss · 2025
- #40Ian Jeffries3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #8C.J. Madden2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #58Breeon Ishmail2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #23Trey Smith1 tackle for loss · 2025
18 more on the roster · Purdue team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology