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Jersey Number 2
Isaac Smith
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Fulton, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Itawamba Agricultural HS
Bio
Career Honors
2025 Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List
2025 SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC (3rd Team, DB)
2025 SEC Media Days Preseason All-SEC (3rd Team, DB)
2025 Athlon Sports Preseason All-SEC (2nd Team, S)
2025 Phil Steele Preseason All-SEC (2nd Team)
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2024 All-SEC Second Team, DB (Coaches')
2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes
Played in 23 career games with 11 career starts … Following the 2024 season, Smith has 142 career tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, three pass break-ups and one forced fumble … 2024 SEC tackle leader.
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2024 (Sophomore Season)
Second Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches (Defensive Back) … Played in 11 games with 11 starts … Missed one game (at Texas) due to injury … Ended the season with 127 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, three pass break-ups and one fumble recovery … Led the SEC in tackles and ranked 7th nationally (127 tackles) … Third straight Mississippi State player to lead the SEC in tackles, joining Nathaniel Watson in 2023 and Jett Johnson in 2022 … Earned his first 20 tackle game at #7 Tennessee (had 10 tackles in the first quarter) … One of four FBS players to have a 20+ tackle game, the only P4 player … Sixth Mississippi State player to have 20+ tackles in a single game, tied for 4th on the top 10 list … Had six double-digit tackle games … Led the team in tackles six times, second-most on the team … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his first career start … Lead the team in tackles with 11 … Had five solo tackles and six assisted tackles … Recorded his first career pass break up … Played on 60 snaps … Had a PFF tackle grade of 88.7 (career-best) … His 88.7 tackle grade led all SEC defensive players and was the second-best mark among all FBS defenders ... at Arizona State (9/7): Recorded 17 tackles, seven solo and 10 assisted ... Set a new career high in tackles ... Toledo (9/14): Recorded 15 tackles, five solo and 10 assisted ... Florida (9/21): Recorded eight tackles, two solo and six assisted … forced his first career fumble … Tied for the team-high in tackles, marking four straight games leading the team in tackles ... at Georgia (10/12): Recorded one assisted tackle ... vs. Texas A&M (10/19): Had 12 tackles, seven assisted and five solo ... Led the team in tackles for the fifth time this season ... Earned his fourth double-digit tackle game of the season ... Third time this season with at least 12 tackles ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded six tackles, two solo and four assisted … Had one pass break up that led to a Nic Mitchell interception ... UMass (11/2): Recorded seven tackles, two solo and five assisted ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded 20 tackles, 9 solo and 11 assisted … Earned a half tackle for loss, the first of his career … His 20 tackles were tied for the most by an FBS player in 2024 as of week 11 ... 10 of his 20 tackles came in the first quarter ... First MSU player since Nathaniel Watson vs. Ole Miss in 2023 to record 20+ tackles in a single game ... His 20 tackles are tied for the 6th most tackles by a State player in a single game since at least 1994 ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded 14 assisted tackles … Second straight game with double-digit tackles ... Has an SEC best, 115 tackles after week 14 … at Ole Miss (11/29): Had 12 tackles to go along with 1.0 tackle for loss and one pass break up.
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2023 (True Freshman Season)
Appeared in 12 games … Made 15 tackles, six of which were solo tackles … According to PFF, earned a season-best tackle grade of 81.5 against South Carolina ... One of four true freshmen in 2023 to play in all 12 games (Seth Davis, Kyle Ferrie & Creed Whittemore) ... SE Louisiana (9/2): Made his collegiate debut ... Finished with a pair of tackles in his Bulldog debut … Arizona (9/9): Had one tackle … LSU (9/16): Tallied three tackles … at South Carolina (9/23): Made three solo stops … Alabama (9/30): Notched a tackle … at Arkansas (10/21): Had one tackle … at Texas A&M (11/11): Finished with a tackle … Southern Miss (11/18): Made a trio of tackles.
High School
Prepped at Itawamba Agricultural High under head coach Clint Hoots … Four-star prospect by 247Sports … No. 5 prospect in the state of Mississippi … No. 25 safety in the class ... Considered the No. 9 safety in the class and No. 3 player in Mississippi by ESPN ... Included in the ESPN 300 … Selected as a 2023 Under Armor All-American … Named MHSAA Class 4A Mr. Football in 2022 … As a senior, posted 823 rushing yards and 652 receiving yards along with 18 total touchdowns … Defensively, totaled 65 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, nine interceptions and one forced fumble … Named first team all-state as a junior in 2021 … As a junior in 2021, named Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Two-Way Player of the Year … Offensively, he had 23 rushing touchdowns and 1,196 rushing yards, while posting 320 receiving yards with five touchdowns as a junior … Had 92 tackles, eight interceptions, four forced fumbles, 2.0 sacks and three defensive touchdowns  … Named to the Clarion Ledger’s 2022 Dandy Dozen … As a sophomore in 2020, he registered 97 total tackles with six interceptions and six fumble recoveries … As a freshman, totaled 31 tackles, two interceptions, one breakup, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Also played basketball during his prep days and averaged 9.0 rebounds a game as a sophomore.Â
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Personal
Born Isaac Dion Smith on Oct. 9, 2004 … Son of Reggie and Krystal Smith … Father played for Ole Miss in the 1990s … Major is Kinesiology.
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Social Media
X/Twitter – @isaacdsmith
Instagram – kingsmith_21
Career-Highs Entering 2025
Tackles: 20, at Tennessee (11/09/2024)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0, at Ole Miss (11/29/2024)
Forced Fumbles: 1, vs. Florida (09/21/2024)
Pass Breakups: 1, 3x, last at Ole Miss (11/29/2024)
2025 Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List
2025 SEC Coaches Preseason All-SEC (3rd Team, DB)
2025 SEC Media Days Preseason All-SEC (3rd Team, DB)
2025 Athlon Sports Preseason All-SEC (2nd Team, S)
2025 Phil Steele Preseason All-SEC (2nd Team)
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2024 All-SEC Second Team, DB (Coaches')
2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes
Played in 23 career games with 11 career starts … Following the 2024 season, Smith has 142 career tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, three pass break-ups and one forced fumble … 2024 SEC tackle leader.
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2024 (Sophomore Season)
Second Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches (Defensive Back) … Played in 11 games with 11 starts … Missed one game (at Texas) due to injury … Ended the season with 127 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, three pass break-ups and one fumble recovery … Led the SEC in tackles and ranked 7th nationally (127 tackles) … Third straight Mississippi State player to lead the SEC in tackles, joining Nathaniel Watson in 2023 and Jett Johnson in 2022 … Earned his first 20 tackle game at #7 Tennessee (had 10 tackles in the first quarter) … One of four FBS players to have a 20+ tackle game, the only P4 player … Sixth Mississippi State player to have 20+ tackles in a single game, tied for 4th on the top 10 list … Had six double-digit tackle games … Led the team in tackles six times, second-most on the team … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his first career start … Lead the team in tackles with 11 … Had five solo tackles and six assisted tackles … Recorded his first career pass break up … Played on 60 snaps … Had a PFF tackle grade of 88.7 (career-best) … His 88.7 tackle grade led all SEC defensive players and was the second-best mark among all FBS defenders ... at Arizona State (9/7): Recorded 17 tackles, seven solo and 10 assisted ... Set a new career high in tackles ... Toledo (9/14): Recorded 15 tackles, five solo and 10 assisted ... Florida (9/21): Recorded eight tackles, two solo and six assisted … forced his first career fumble … Tied for the team-high in tackles, marking four straight games leading the team in tackles ... at Georgia (10/12): Recorded one assisted tackle ... vs. Texas A&M (10/19): Had 12 tackles, seven assisted and five solo ... Led the team in tackles for the fifth time this season ... Earned his fourth double-digit tackle game of the season ... Third time this season with at least 12 tackles ... Arkansas (10/26): Recorded six tackles, two solo and four assisted … Had one pass break up that led to a Nic Mitchell interception ... UMass (11/2): Recorded seven tackles, two solo and five assisted ... at Tennessee (11/9): Recorded 20 tackles, 9 solo and 11 assisted … Earned a half tackle for loss, the first of his career … His 20 tackles were tied for the most by an FBS player in 2024 as of week 11 ... 10 of his 20 tackles came in the first quarter ... First MSU player since Nathaniel Watson vs. Ole Miss in 2023 to record 20+ tackles in a single game ... His 20 tackles are tied for the 6th most tackles by a State player in a single game since at least 1994 ... vs. Missouri (11/23): Recorded 14 assisted tackles … Second straight game with double-digit tackles ... Has an SEC best, 115 tackles after week 14 … at Ole Miss (11/29): Had 12 tackles to go along with 1.0 tackle for loss and one pass break up.
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2023 (True Freshman Season)
Appeared in 12 games … Made 15 tackles, six of which were solo tackles … According to PFF, earned a season-best tackle grade of 81.5 against South Carolina ... One of four true freshmen in 2023 to play in all 12 games (Seth Davis, Kyle Ferrie & Creed Whittemore) ... SE Louisiana (9/2): Made his collegiate debut ... Finished with a pair of tackles in his Bulldog debut … Arizona (9/9): Had one tackle … LSU (9/16): Tallied three tackles … at South Carolina (9/23): Made three solo stops … Alabama (9/30): Notched a tackle … at Arkansas (10/21): Had one tackle … at Texas A&M (11/11): Finished with a tackle … Southern Miss (11/18): Made a trio of tackles.
High School
Prepped at Itawamba Agricultural High under head coach Clint Hoots … Four-star prospect by 247Sports … No. 5 prospect in the state of Mississippi … No. 25 safety in the class ... Considered the No. 9 safety in the class and No. 3 player in Mississippi by ESPN ... Included in the ESPN 300 … Selected as a 2023 Under Armor All-American … Named MHSAA Class 4A Mr. Football in 2022 … As a senior, posted 823 rushing yards and 652 receiving yards along with 18 total touchdowns … Defensively, totaled 65 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, nine interceptions and one forced fumble … Named first team all-state as a junior in 2021 … As a junior in 2021, named Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Two-Way Player of the Year … Offensively, he had 23 rushing touchdowns and 1,196 rushing yards, while posting 320 receiving yards with five touchdowns as a junior … Had 92 tackles, eight interceptions, four forced fumbles, 2.0 sacks and three defensive touchdowns  … Named to the Clarion Ledger’s 2022 Dandy Dozen … As a sophomore in 2020, he registered 97 total tackles with six interceptions and six fumble recoveries … As a freshman, totaled 31 tackles, two interceptions, one breakup, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery … Also played basketball during his prep days and averaged 9.0 rebounds a game as a sophomore.Â
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Personal
Born Isaac Dion Smith on Oct. 9, 2004 … Son of Reggie and Krystal Smith … Father played for Ole Miss in the 1990s … Major is Kinesiology.
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Social Media
X/Twitter – @isaacdsmith
Instagram – kingsmith_21
Career-Highs Entering 2025
Tackles: 20, at Tennessee (11/09/2024)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0, at Ole Miss (11/29/2024)
Forced Fumbles: 1, vs. Florida (09/21/2024)
Pass Breakups: 1, 3x, last at Ole Miss (11/29/2024)
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