Mazi Smith
Pos IDL
Updated August 24, 2026
Model Score
65.2
MODEL
2023
67.3
2024
65.2
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 26 · Dallas Cowboys · 2023
Michigan (Big Ten)
Taken
#26
where he actually went
Consensus board
30th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#1069
among IDL in our college data
He went about where consensus had him.
In college · 2021-2022 · 26 games
1.0 sacks, 6 TFL, 5 pressures, 81 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 220 players taken as a late first-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 70% earned a second contract and 72% became starters. The median one started 58 career games.
