Tykee
Smith
S
#23
Tykee Smith
Tampa Bay BuccaneersHeight : 5' 10" · Weight : 202 lbs · Age : 25
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 100 | 61 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 54 | 38 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Contract
Tampa Bay Buccaneers payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 1.55 M$
- Average per year
- 1.42 M$
- Total value
- 5.7 M$
- Seasons left
- 2 · through 2027
2026
1.55 M$
Not guaranteed
2027
1.81 M$
Not guaranteed
Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.
Advanced stats, 2026 Safeties
NFL stats →2026 season, in progress (3 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular safeties: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Tackles
14
34th percentile
Interceptions
0
35th percentile
Passes defended
1
52th percentile
Targets in coverage
14
Yards allowed
154 yd
Yards allowed per target
11.0 yd
29th percentile
Passer rating allowed
129.2
19th percentile
Missed tackle rate
6.7 %
75th percentile
Tackles for loss
3
97th percentile
Defensive snaps
176
42th percentile
Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.
2026 end-of-season projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
0.2
Games
17
WAR 2026
0.0
Games played
3
WAR already earned, plus his pace (WAR per game over the last three seasons, 60/25/15, pulled toward the group average) over his team's remaining games, given his availability so far.
Trend
→ Stable (-4)
- 20240.7 WAR · 0.054 per game
- 20250.3 WAR · 0.019 per game
- 20260.0 WAR · 0.000 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+6 · 25 y.o. · prime years
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2026
All ratings →Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
73
Established starter
- COV
- Coverage
- 70
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 76
- TCK
- Tackling
- 78
- DUR
- Durability
- 73
- EX
- Experience
- 40
Why these ratings?Hide details
- COV — Coverage : Yards and passer rating allowed per target
- BAL — Ball skills : Ball carrier: fumbles avoided. Defender: interceptions and passes defended
- TCK — Tackling : Tackles made and missed tackles
- DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
- EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL
WAR and PAL Rating, 2026
How we rate →WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
WAR
0.0
#27 of 71 regular safeties
PAL Rating
26 / 100
#53 of 71 regular safeties
Value Rating · 2025
91 / 100
2025 PAL (80) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $1.4M.PAL expected for this salary: 37Rookie-scale contract: a salary set by the draft, not the market.PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.
Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).
Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.
How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.
The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.
| Season | Team | G | WAR | PAL | OV | Tkl | INT | PD | Yds/tgt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TB | 3 | 0.0 | 26 | 73 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 |
| 2025 | TB | 16 | 0.3 | 80 | 79 | 99 | 1 | 13 | 9.1 |
| 2024 | TB | 13 | 0.7 | 96 | 74 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 6.8 |
Tykee Smith in five questions
What are Tykee Smith's stats in 2026?
Tykee Smith has 0 interceptions and 1 pass defensed in 3 games in 2026.
How old and how tall is Tykee Smith?
Tykee Smith is 25 years old. He is 5'10" (178 cm) and weighs 203 lb (92 kg).
How good is Tykee Smith?
Tykee Smith produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress), 51st of 71 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 26 out of 100: below average for his position.
What number does Tykee Smith wear, and what team does he play for?
Tykee Smith plays for Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL, at S, and wears number 23.
What is Tykee Smith's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at 0.2 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
