Keilan Smith
Ball State Cardinals
41
Depth

Keilan Smith

Ball State CardinalsRebuilding
NTDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Cincinnati
3rd String

Is Keilan Smith starting?

Keilan Smith is listed 3rd string at NT for Ball State Cardinals.

Redshirt junior · #58 · 6'2", 335 lbs

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Depth at NT · Ball State Cardinals

  1. 19455Ka'Shawn ThomasStarter
  2. 25449Spencer Vaka
  3. 35841Keilan SmithYou
  4. 45241Michael Thacker

Ball State Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the MAC

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Up next for Ball State

Ball State plays Massachusetts away on Wed, Nov 4. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 1 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 41 overall (Depth tier).

Team Share0%
Pickerington, OH
Jersey
#58
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
335 lbs
Transfer
Cincinnati

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—100

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

Recruiting Profile

High School
Pickerington Central
Hometown
Pickerington, OH

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 0th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.91 for competition level) put them -9 vs unit starters → 41.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 0% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 24% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
-9 for role; −12 depth penalty

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

Oct 10LNUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-14

Oct 3LTOLTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-24

Sep 19LLIBTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 51-15

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

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Team Role

1 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
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