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Season

Position

Player

James Smith

DT · #3 · Ohio State

Profile

Measurements: 6'3" · 306 lb
Seasons: 4
Recruiting: ★★★★★ · 0.9877
Class rank: #27 · 2023
Hometown: Montgomery, AL
High school: Carver Montgomery

Transferred in from Alabama.

Career

vs Power conferences · 25 games

Defense45 TOT · 23 SOLO · 7.5 TFL · 4.5 SACKS · 5 QB HUR · 2 PD · 0 TD

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Position

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2026

Ohio State

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

TacklesBehind the line

−1

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Passes defended

@ Texas

Illinois

@ Iowa

Maryland

@ Indiana

@ USC

Oregon

Northwestern

@ Nebraska

Michigan

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Fixtures still to play are faint — an empty column under a bold or plain opponent is a game he did not appear in. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 7 games

Defense8 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 0 QB HUR · 1 PD · 0 TD

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	TFL	SACKS	PD
11	vs Northwestern	W 28–19	1	1	1	1	0
10	vs Oregon	L 28–41	1	1	0	0	0
9	@ USC	L 18–30	1	1	0	0	0
7	@ Indiana	W 19–15	2	0	0	0	0
5	@ Iowa	W 31–14	1	0	0	0	1
4	vs Illinois	W 42–19	1	0	0	0	0
2	@ Texas	L 23–24	1	0	0	0	0

2025

Alabama

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

TacklesBehind the line

−1

−0.5

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Passes defended

@ Florida State

Indiana *

@ Oklahoma

Wisconsin

@ Georgia

Vanderbilt

@ Missouri

Tennessee

@ South Carolina

LSU

Oklahoma

@ Auburn

Georgia *

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 10 games

Defense22 TOT · 12 SOLO · 3.5 TFL · 2.5 SACKS · 2 QB HUR · 1 PD · 0 TD

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	TFL	SACKS	QB HUR	PD
17	@ Oklahoma	W 34–24	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	vs Georgia *	L 7–28	1	0	0.5	0.5	1	0
14	@ Auburn	W 27–20	5	5	1	1	0	0
12	vs Oklahoma	L 21–23	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	vs LSU	W 20–9	1	1	0	0	1	0
9	@ South Carolina	W 29–22	2	2	1	0	0	0
8	vs Tennessee	W 37–20	7	2	1	1	0	0
7	@ Missouri	W 27–24	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	vs Vanderbilt	W 30–14	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	@ Florida State	L 17–31	3	2	0	0	0	0

2024

Alabama

Tackles and the line of scrimmage

TacklesBehind the line

−2

−1

Michigan *

@ Wisconsin

Georgia

@ Vanderbilt

South Carolina

@ Tennessee

Missouri

@ LSU

@ Oklahoma

Auburn

Tackles for loss are also counted in the total above; the two halves are the same tackles seen twice.

Week by week, oldest first. Home games are bold; away games read @ opponent. Every figure here is also in the game log below.

vs Power 4 · 8 games

Defense15 TOT · 8 SOLO · 3 TFL · 1 SACKS · 3 QB HUR · 0 PD · 0 TD

Defense

Wk	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	TFL	SACKS	QB HUR
17	vs Michigan *	L 13–19	4	2	2	1	0
14	vs Auburn	W 28–14	0	0	0	0	1
13	@ Oklahoma	L 3–24	2	0	0	0	0
11	@ LSU	W 42–13	3	1	0	0	0
9	vs Missouri	W 34–0	1	0	0	0	2
6	@ Vanderbilt	L 35–40	3	3	1	0	0
5	vs Georgia	W 41–34	1	1	0	0	0
3	@ Wisconsin	W 42–10	1	1	0	0	0

2023

Alabama

No box-score line against a Power 5 opponent in 2023.