Tykee Smith stats

Buccaneers

Safety · #23

Age 25 · 5' 10" · 202 lbs

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Tykee Smith recorded 43 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
8
TOT · 43rd
43
SOLO
22
AST
21
SACK
0.0
INT
1
PD
2
FF · 22nd
1

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

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.
2024TB135438160.0273
2025TB1610061392.01130
2026TB84322210.0121

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

Career regular season

GP
37
TOT
197
SOLO
121
AST
76
SACK
2.0
INT
4
PD
22
FF
4

Career Postseason

GP
1
TOT
7
SOLO
5
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
8
TOT
5.4
SOLO
2.8
AST
2.6
SACK
0.0
INT
0.1
PD
0.3
FF
0.1

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.
2024TB134.22.91.20.00.20.50.2
2025TB166.33.82.40.10.10.80.0
2026TB85.42.82.60.00.10.30.1

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
37
TOT
5.3
SOLO
3.3
AST
2.1
SACK
0.1
INT
0.1
PD
0.6
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
25 yearsFeb 18, 2001
Height
5' 10"
Weight
202 lbs
Experience
3 years
Birthplace
Philadelphia, PA
Draft
2024Rd 3, Pk 89
College
Georgia
Salary
$1.31 million2026

Against other safeties

2026 regular season, 114 NFL safeties with 6+ games.

  • Tackles43

    Higher than 77% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 81% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Passes Defended2

    Higher than 53% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

Latest performance

Tykee Smith

Nov 01 · vs ATL · W 16-0

TOT
2
SOLO
1
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

95% of his club's defensive snaps a game (466 in 8 games); 81% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1CIN6297%7
2CLE5798%5
3MIN5797%5
4GB5998%3
5DAL5998%2
6PIT7899%7
7CAR5191%2
8ATL4381%1

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Tykee Smith has been on the NFL’s game-status report 0 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202600Ankle

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2024 NFL combine

SAF, 5'10", 202 lb · Georgia

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.46s68th
Vertical jump36"50th
Broad jump10' 0"33rd

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

Games

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Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01vsATLW 16-02100
Sun, Oct 25atCARW 43-137101
Sun, Oct 18vsPITL 26-19 OT10300
Thu, Oct 08atDALW 24-164300
Sun, Oct 04vsGBL 17-146400
Sun, Sep 27vsMINL 23-165300

What are Tykee Smith's career stats?

Tykee Smith has played 3 seasons for the Buccaneers. He has recorded 197 tackles, 2 sacks and 4 interceptions. His best season so far is 2025: 100 tackles and 2.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 13 @ DET on Oct 20, 2025, L 24-9
  • Sacks: 1 @ DET on Oct 20, 2025, L 24-9
Tykee Smith's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20264—
2025131.0
202411—

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2024.

Tykee Smith college stats

Tykee Smith played 5 seasons at West Virginia Mountaineers and Georgia Bulldogs (2019 to 2023): 215 tackles, 5 sacks and 8 interceptions.

defensive

Tykee Smith'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.
2019West Virginia Mountaineers5036144112581
2020West Virginia Mountaineers6133285002420
2021Georgia Bulldogs541001000
2022Georgia Bulldogs29227121000
2023Georgia Bulldogs7046242204200

scoring

Tykee Smith's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2019West Virginia Mountaineers100110006

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

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Playoff games

Tykee Smith played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.

Tykee Smith'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.
2024WSHL 23-2070.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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