2025-26 Football
Roster
Devonta Smith Football Roster
CB
Height
5-11
Weight
191
Class
Senior
Hometown
Cincinnati, OH
High School
La Salle/Alabama
PRIOR TO NOTRE DAME (Alabama)
AS A SENIOR (2024)
- Registered 30 tackles, including half for a loss (-1 yard), along with a quarterback pressure, one forced fumble, and five pass breakups
- Named a defensive (skill) player of the week by the Alabama coaches for output at LSU
- Made first career start in the season opener against Western Kentucky and finished with a pair of tackles
- Posted one tackle and a pass breakup against South Florida
- Recorded three tackles, a pair of pass breakups and one quarterback hurry at Wisconsin
- Broke up a pair of passes and added three tackles against Georgia
- Finished with two tackles at Vanderbilt
- Forced a fumble and added three tackles against South Carolina
- Exited the game early due to injury at Tennessee
- Recorded one tackle against Missouri
- Finished with five tackles at LSU
- Played just over a half against Mercer
- Tallied eight tackles, including half a tackle for loss (-1 yard), at Oklahoma
- Recorded two tackles against Auburn in the Iron Bowl
AS A JUNIOR (2023)
- Saw first action of the season on defense against Kentucky
- Recorded four tackles against Chattanooga
- Rotated in at defensive back against Auburn
- Saw time in the SEC Championship Game against Georgia
AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)
- Saw time on defense and special teams in the season opener against Utah State
- Worked on special teams against Texas
- Earned minutes on defense and special teams versus Louisiana Monroe
- Saw time against Vanderbilt
- Rotated in at defensive back against Arkansas
- Worked on special teams against Texas A&M
- Saw time against Mississippi State
- Earned snaps on special teams against LSU
- Worked on special teams in the Crimson Tide’s final non-conference pairing versus Austin Peay
- Saw time on special teams in the regular-season finale against Auburn
AS A FRESHMAN (2021)
- Selected as one of the special teams players of the week by the coaching staff for efforts against New Mexico State
- Saw first career action on special teams against Miami
- Entered late in the game on special teams against Mississippi State
- Worked on special teams against LSU
- Raced down the sideline to make a stop on kickoff coverage for first career tackle against New Mexico State
- Earned snaps on special teams against Arkansas
- Made one tackle on special teams against Auburn in the Iron Bowl
- Contributed to the special teams efforts against the Georgia in the regular season finale
- Worked on special teams in the Cotton Bowl against Cincinnati
- Saw time on special teams in the CFP National Championship against Georgia
PREP AND PERSONAL
- A four-star prospect on the 247Composite and the No. 314 overall player
- Ranked 149th in the Top247, the No. 12 cornerback nationally and the No. 6 player from the state of Ohio
- Rivals.com ranked Smith as the No. 37 cornerback and No. 13 player in Ohio
- ESPN.com listed him as the No. 40 cornerback, No. 65 player in the Midwest and the No. 17 player in Ohio
- Four-star prospect by PrepStar and a member of the magazine’s Top 350 All-America list at No. 290
- PrepStar’s No. 18 cornerback and the No. 9 player in Ohio
- Earned first team Division II All- Ohio football honors by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association as a defensive back
- Played for head coach Pat McLaughlin at La Salle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Recorded 63 tackles with two interceptions, four pass breakups and a forced fumble in 2020 after notching 72 stops with five interceptions in 2019