Linebacker, USC, 2015–18
Cameron Smith
- Number
- No. 35
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 250 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Roseville, CA
- Born
- Mar 26, 1997, in Roseville, California
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Cameron Smith played linebacker at USC (2015–18). The Minnesota Vikings took Smith in round 5, No. 162 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
16tackles, career highvs. Utah, 20173interceptions, career highvs. Utah, 2015Honors
Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2017
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2018 USC 7 games, 69 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. UNLV | W 43–21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 8 | at Stanford | L 3–17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | at Texas | L 14–37 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Washington State | W 39–36 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | at Arizona | W 24–20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | at UCLA | L 27–34 | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Notre Dame | L 17–24 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 USC 14 games, 107 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Western Michigan | W 49–31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Stanford | W 42–24 | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs.Texas | W 27–24 | 9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at California | W 30–20 | 12 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | atWashington State | L 27–30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Oregon State | W 38–10 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Utah | W 28–27 | 16 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atNotre Dame | L 14–49 | 10 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Arizona State | W 48–17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.Arizona | W 49–35 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 11 | at Colorado | W 38–24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.UCLA | W 28–23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 1 | vs.Stanford | W 31–28 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Ohio State | L 7–24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 USC 13 games, 83 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Alabama | L 6–52 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Utah State | W 45–7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | atStanford | L 10–27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | atUtah | L 27–31 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Arizona State | W 41–20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Colorado | W 21–17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atArizona | W 48–14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | vs.California | W 45–24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Oregon | W 45–20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 12 | at Washington | W 26–13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 19 | atUCLA | W 36–14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Notre Dame | W 45–27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Penn State | W 52–49 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 USC 1 game, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | vs.Utah | W 42–24 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2019 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–24).
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2″ | |
| Weight | 238 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅜″ | |
| Wingspan | 77″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.69 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 s | |
| Vertical jump | 39″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ | |
| Bench press | 15 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.12 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.23 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
1 season, 4 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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