Safety, Clemson, 2015–17
Van Smith
- Number
- No. 23
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Hometown
- Charlotte, NC
Van Smith played safety at Clemson (2015–17).
Career highs
16tackles, career highvs. Louisville, 2016Team titles: ACC champions, 2015, 2016 and 2017; National champions, 2016
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
2017 Clemson 12 games, 49 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | at Louisville | W 47–21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Boston College | W 34–7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Virginia Tech | W 31–17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Wake Forest | W 28–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | at Syracuse | L 24–27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 24–10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at NC State | W 38–31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Florida State | W 31–14 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. The Citadel | W 61–3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at South Carolina | W 34–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Miami | W 38–3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Alabama | L 6–24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2016 Clemson 15 games, 96 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Auburn | W 19–13 | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Troy | W 30–24 | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. South Carolina State | W 59–0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | atGeorgia Tech | W 26–7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Louisville | W 42–36 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | atBoston College | W 56–10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.NC State | W 24–17 | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | atFlorida State | W 37–34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Syracuse | W 54–0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Pittsburgh | L 42–43 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atWake Forest | W 35–13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.South Carolina | W 56–7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | vs.Virginia Tech | W 42–35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Ohio State | W 31–0 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs.Alabama | W 35–31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Clemson 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | atMiami | W 58–0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2018 | Combine or pro day 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅞″ | |
| Weight | 186 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 8¾″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.61 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 s | |
| Vertical jump | 29½″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′10″ | |
| Bench press | 12 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.14 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.47 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
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