Dylan Smith
Memphis Tigers
71
Average

Dylan Smith

Memphis TigersAverage
SSDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Oklahoma State
Projected Starter

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Dylan Smith is the projected starter at SS for Memphis Tigers.

Redshirt junior · #3 · 6'0", 185 lbs

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Depth at SS · Memphis Tigers

  1. 1371Dylan SmithStarter
  2. 21757Chase Pinkston

Memphis Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the American

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Up next for Memphis

Memphis plays South Florida away on Thu, Nov 12. The listed kickoff time is 08:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Denton Braswell, ranked #890 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 14 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #890 NatlTeam Share1%
Little Elm, TX
Jersey
#3
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
185 lbs
Transfer
Oklahoma State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—1400

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8678
National Rank
#890
High School
Denton Braswell
Hometown
Denton, TX

Why this rating?

On a 73-rated defense; 44th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.87 for competition level) put them -2 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
73
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 44% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 27% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
-2 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Nov 1WARMYTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-22

Oct 22WECUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-34 OT

Oct 16LTULNTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-17

Oct 10WUABTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 38-13

Oct 3WCLTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-8

Sep 19WUTMTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 45-21

Sep 12LBOISTKL 12
TKL
12
SOLO
8
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-20

Sep 5WARSTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
2
PD
0

Final W 42-24

Aug 30WUNLVTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-21

Dylan Smith's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

14 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement8%
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