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Chris Smith Detroit Lions · #90

Defensive Tackle · 6' 1", 320 lbs · Detroit, MI · Age 27

Chris Smith is a Defensive Tackle for the Detroit Lions, an undrafted signing. In 2024 he recorded 2 tackles.

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Chris Smith
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Detroit Lions · #90 · Defensive Tackle
Chris Smith
Season avg2 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg2 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
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Scouting report

Chris Smith — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Defensive Tackle · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Chris Smith is a Defensive Tackle for the Detroit Lions, an undrafted signing. In 2024 he recorded 2 tackles.
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Pass rush
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Run D
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Pass rush
Solid · defense
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Run defense
Below average · defense
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Disruption
Solid · defense
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Splash plays
Solid · defense
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Ball skills
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Chris Smith stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1266 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
3Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Chris Smith — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Tackling
2 TKL
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Pass rush
0.0 SACK
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Coverage
0 PD
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The engine

How the model sees Chris Smith

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2025  modeled
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sacks
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tackles
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pd
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games
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Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.
What moves the sacks line vs last season
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Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Everything it reads
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1 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 27 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 5
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Chris Smith career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklSackFFPDINT
2024520000
Career520.0000
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Context

Are the Detroit Lions built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
91off index
99def index
+56net
95%playoff odds
61roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A (91), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 86, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Chris Smith

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-12-15

The beginning

Chris Smith is a Defensive Tackle for the Detroit Lions, in his 1st NFL season.

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Chris Smith is a Detroit Lions defensive tackle, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 1 season (2024) he has recorded 2 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 2 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2024.

Where things stand

Where Smith goes from here.

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Smith's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 1"
Weight
320 lbs
Born
Detroit, MI
Age
27
Jersey
#90
Background

Chris Smith is from Detroit, MI and is 27 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays defensive tackle at 6' 1", 320 lbs.

Over his 2024 season he has recorded 2 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Smith is currently on the Detroit Lions roster.

The person

Chris Smith is a depth defensive lineman who has generated 0 sacks and 2 tackles across his 2024 rookie season.

Pass rush0 career sacks with 0 forced fumbles.
Run defense2 career tackles up front.
UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.
Verified profiles & sources
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FAQ

Chris Smith — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Chris Smith, answered.

What position does Chris Smith play?
Chris Smith is a Defensive Tackle for the Detroit Lions.
When was Chris Smith drafted?
Chris Smith entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
How many seasons has Chris Smith played?
1 (2024).
What are Chris Smith's career stats?
He has recorded 2 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.
Chris Smith career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
3
since 2016
Games missed
2
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2020 Wk17 · Illness2017 Wk11 · Ankle2017 Wk10 · Ankle2016 Wk13 · Eye2016 Wk12 · Eye (Out)2016 Wk11 · Eye (Out)

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 3 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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