Chau Smith-Wade stats

Panthers

Cornerback · #26

Age 24 · 5' 11" · 176 lbs

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Chau Smith-Wade recorded 13 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Carolina Panthers. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
13
SOLO
6
AST
7
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
2
FF
0
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2024CAR143924150.0111
2025CAR165643130.0120
2026CAR713670.0020

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
37
TOT
108
SOLO
73
AST
35
SACK
0.0
INT
2
PD
5
FF
1

Career Postseason

GP
1
TOT
4
SOLO
3
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
7
TOT
1.9
SOLO
0.9
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.3
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2024CAR142.81.71.10.00.10.10.1
2025CAR163.52.70.80.00.10.10.0
2026CAR71.90.910.00.00.30.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
37
TOT
2.9
SOLO
2.0
AST
0.9
SACK
0.0
INT
0.1
PD
0.1
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
24 yearsSep 17, 2002
Height
5' 11"
Weight
176 lbs
Experience
3 years
Birthplace
Denver, CO
Draft
2024Rd 5, Pk 157
College
Washington State
Salary
$1.07 million2026

Against other cornerbacks

2026 regular season, 139 NFL cornerbacks with 6+ games.

  • Tackles13

    Higher than 22% of the other 138 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Passes Defended2

    Higher than 27% of the other 138 NFL cornerbacks.

  • Solo Tackles6

    Higher than 12% of the other 138 NFL cornerbacks.

Latest performance

Chau Smith-Wade

Nov 08 · vs DEN · L 26-21

TOT
7
SOLO
4
AST
3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
2

Snap counts, 2026

31% of his club's defensive snaps a game (133 in 6 games); 60% in week 9.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1CHI1925%16
3CLE00%15
4DET1825%15
6PHI23%16
7TB12%12
8GB4870%12
9DEN4560%11

NFL snap counts, every player

2024 NFL combine

CB, 5'10", 184 lb · Washington St.

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.54s37th
Vertical jump34.5"29th
Broad jump10' 5"69th
Bench press (225 lb)18 reps71st
3-cone drill7.05s34th
20-yard shuttle4.32s18th

Percentile: the share of CBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2024 combine

Games

All games

Next

at NOSun, Nov 15

vs NO since 2024

4
GP
19
TOT
13
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 08vsDENL 26-217400
Thu, Oct 29atGBL 27-193200
Sun, Oct 25vsTBL 43-130000
Sun, Oct 18atPHIW 25-140000
Sun, Oct 04vsDETW 32-261000
Sun, Sep 27atCLEL 21-181000

What are Chau Smith-Wade's career stats?

Chau Smith-Wade has played 3 seasons for the Panthers. He has recorded 108 tackles and 2 interceptions. His best season so far is 2025: 56 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 8 vs TB on Dec 1, 2024, L 26-23 OT
Chau Smith-Wade's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20261
20256
20248

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2024.

Chau Smith-Wade college stats

Chau Smith-Wade played 4 seasons at Washington State Cougars (2020 to 2023): 104 tackles, 0 sacks and 3 interceptions.

defensive

Chau Smith-Wade's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2020Washington State Cougars871100000
2021Washington State Cougars17107200100
2022Washington State Cougars4331128022280
2023Washington State Cougars362313600000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Chau Smith-Wade's college game log.

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Playoff games

Chau Smith-Wade played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.

Chau Smith-Wade's line in each playoff game
SeasonOppResultTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025LARL 34-3140.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.