Yawin Smallwood in the NFL, 2014
In the NFL, 2014. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, UConn, 2010–⁠13

Yawin Smallwood

Number
No. 33
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Worcester, MA
Born
Dec 25, 1991, in Worcester, Massachusetts

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Yawin Smallwood played linebacker at UConn (2010–⁠13). The Atlanta Falcons took Smallwood in round 7, No. 253 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

Team titles: Big East champions, 2010

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2011UConn1
2013UConn1
Career2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2011123658942.50.51311
2012125961120153.50420
2013N1251671189.54192–
On file1461863322782165–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010UConn33LB
2011UConn33LB
2012UConn33LB
2013UConn33LB6′4″

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

2013 UConn 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 23atTempleW 28–⁠211
2011 UConn 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 24atBuffaloW 17–⁠31

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′2¼″
Weight246 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash5.01 s
10-yard split1.67 s
Vertical jump36½″
Broad jump9′0″
Bench press18 reps

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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