Patrick Smith-Young
Duke Blue Devils
91
Elite

Patrick Smith-Young

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Projected Starter

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Patrick Smith-Young is the projected starter at FS for Duke Blue Devils.

Graduate student · #2 · 5'9", 190 lbs

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Depth at FS · Duke Blue Devils

  1. 1291Patrick Smith-YoungStarter
  2. 2667Leon Griffin III

Duke Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the ACC

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Up next for Duke

Duke plays NC State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 3-star recruit out of Fort Bend Clements, ranked #2,124 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 70 tackles, 0 INT, 3 PBU. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 84th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,124 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile84th
Sugar Land, TX
Jersey
#2
Class
GR/TR
Height
5'9"
Weight
190 lbs
Transfer
North Texas

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—7003

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
0.8156
National Rank
#2124
High School
Fort Bend Clements
Hometown
Sugar Land, TX

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated defense; 84th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.78 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 84% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 33% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.78)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 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

Oct 31WBCTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 47-2

Oct 23WUVATKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 19-16

Oct 17LUNCTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-20

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

Final L 28-25

Sep 12WILLTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-27

Sep 5WTULNTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 17-3

Patrick Smith-Young's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

70 tkl · 3 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement78%
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