Montreze Smith Jr.
Iowa State Cyclones
63
Depth

Montreze Smith Jr.

Iowa State CyclonesAverage
WLBDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Austin Peay
2nd String / Backup

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Montreze Smith Jr. is listed 2nd string at WLB for Iowa State Cyclones.

Redshirt sophomore · #31 · 5'11", 214 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Iowa State Cyclones

  1. 11077Carson WillichStarter
  2. 23163Montreze Smith Jr.You
  3. 33461Beau Goodwin

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Up next for Iowa State

Iowa State plays Baylor away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Carrollton, ranked #977 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 7 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 63 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #977 NatlTeam Share1%
Carrollton, GA
Jersey
#31
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
214 lbs
Transfer
Austin Peay

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—700

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
0.8681
National Rank
#977
High School
Carrollton
Hometown
Carrollton, GA

Why this rating?

On a 79-rated defense; 29th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them -10 vs unit starters → 63.

Team defense (SP+)
79
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 29% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 49% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-10 for role; −6 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 24LARIZTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 39-3

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

Final W 45-42

Sep 19WBGSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-7

Sep 12LIOWATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 16-13

Sep 5WSEMOTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-10

Montreze Smith Jr.'s 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

7 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement10%
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