2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | Illinois#49 · 3-3 | — | — |
| 2025 | Illinois#27 · 9-4 | 1 | 2% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Carter Smith's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Carter Smith's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | W 52–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 2 | @ | W 45–19 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 3 | W 38–0 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 4 | @ | L 10–63 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 5 | W 34–32 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 6 | @ | W 43–27 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | L 16–34 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 9 | @ | L 25–42 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 10 | W 35–13 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 12 | W 24–6 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| 13 | @ | L 10–27 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 14 | W 20–13 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||
| Bowls | vs | W 30–28 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2025 · 1 game | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
FBS rank among qualifying players
16 DLs on the Illinois roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Joe Barna | DL | JR | 18 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
| 24 | Will Holmes | DL | JR | 15 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 96 | Darrell Prater | DL | SR | 12 | 1 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
| 52 | Pat Farrell | DL | SR | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 90 | Carter Janki | DL | SR | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 54 | Demetrius John | DL | JR | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 98 | Joshua Davis | DL | SO | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Isaiah Thomison | DL | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 0 | ||
| 15 | Kingston Shaw | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | Carter Smith | DL | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 51 | Parker Crim | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 55 | Tony Balanganayi | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 56 | Guillermo Gallardo | DL | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 91 | Cameron Brooks | DL | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 94 | Connor Sullivan | DL | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 99 | King Liggins | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Illinois depth chart →