Defensive end, Duke, 2020–24
Ryan Smith
- Number
- No. 40
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Acworth, GA
Ryan Smith played defensive end at Duke (2020–24).
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Duke | 40 | DE | RS | ||
| 2021 | Duke | 40 | DE | Fr. | ||
| 2022 | Duke | 40 | DE | So. | ||
| 2023 | Duke | 40 | DE | Jr. | ||
| 2024 | Duke | 40 | DE | Sr. | 6′2″ | 240 |
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
2024 Duke 13 games, 22 tackles, 4 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Elon | W 26–3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Northwestern | W 26–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. UConn | W 26–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Middle Tennessee | W 45–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | vs. North Carolina | W 21–20 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Georgia Tech | L 14–24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Florida State | W 23–16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. SMU | L 27–28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Miami | L 31–53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at NC State | W 29–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 31–28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | at Wake Forest | W 23–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Ole Miss | L 20–52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Duke 11 games, 21 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | vs. Lafayette | W 42–7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs.Northwestern | W 38–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | atUConn | W 41–7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs.NC State | W 24–3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | atFlorida State | L 20–38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Louisville | L 0–23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Wake Forest | W 24–21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atNorth Carolina | L 45–47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Virginia | L 27–30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 30–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. Troy | W 17–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2022 Duke 7 games, 11 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Temple | W 30–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | atNorthwestern | W 31–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Kansas | L 27–35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atGeorgia Tech | L 20–23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atPittsburgh | L 26–28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Wake Forest | W 34–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. UCF | W 30–13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Duke 5 games, 10 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16 | atVirginia | L 0–48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | atWake Forest | L 7–45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 6 | vs.Pittsburgh | L 29–54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.Louisville | L 22–62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs.Miami | L 10–47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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