Grady Smith

SIDE_JUDGE · BIG TENside_judge · Big Ten · 33 games since 2022

Worked MSU 21–24 NU in week 7.

Games since '22Games since '22

6 in 20266 in 2026

Flags / g 2026Flags / g · 2026

14.3

— · LG 12.7— pctl · league 12.7

Acc. yds / gAcc. yds / g

116

LG 111League 111

Judgment shareJudgment share

57%

LG 60%League 60%

Home cookingHome cooking · raw

+0.2

Raw · under 8 GNo read under 8 games

Late whistleLate whistle

—

Under 8 gamesUnder 8 games

Game lengthGame length

3:30

LG 3:24League 3:24

Flag profile

Per game · | = league

False startP

2.5

HoldingJ

1.7

Pass interferenceJ

1.3

OffsideP

0.7

Delay of gameP

0.6

Personal foulJ

0.6

Unsportsmanlike conductJ

0.6

J = judgment · P = procedural · + 0.0 other / g · Career, 33 G

Leans

Flags over expected / g

Non-Big Ten teams11 G · −1.1 to +0.1

−0.5noise

ACC teams3 G · raw, under 8 G

−1.4

Big 12 teams2 G · raw, under 8 G

+1.6

Maryland5 G · raw, under 8 G

+1.8

Michigan State5 G · raw, under 8 G

−0.0

0 LEANS IN 40 SPLITS · ~2 EXPECTED BY LUCK · + = OPPONENT FLAGGED MORE

Crew history

33 games

Crew history
Year	Crew · position	G	Flags/g
2026	Big Ten · side_judge	6	14.3
2024	Big Ten · side_judge	10	7.7
2023	Big Ten · side_judge	9	7.6
2022	Big Ten · side_judge	8	12.0

Replay reviews

Since 2025 · 6 G

Reviews, 2.2/g

31%

Overturned · 4

≈0.4 h

Of replay

Catch / no catch

5 · 2 OT

Fumble

3 · 1 OT

Spot

2 · 0 OT

Broke the plane

1 · 0 OT

Runner down

1 · 1 OT

Targeting

1 · 0 OT

Longest: ≈ 6:39, loose ball recovery upheld · 2026 wk 2, Ohio State at
Texas

■ Overturned · review time = gap to next snap − game median

Flags / g = accepted penalties, games worked · Late whistle = 4th-q one-score judgment flags / play ÷ rest of game

Flags / g = accepted penalties · Home cooking = FOE on visitor − FOE on home, judgment flags only · Late whistle = 4th-q one-score judgment flags / play ÷ rest of game

Lean = pooled estimate whose 90% interval misses 0 with ≥ 8 G · shrunk toward 0 · judgment flags only · permutation luck check, 1,000 shuffles

Lean = pooled estimate whose 90% interval misses 0 with ≥ 8 G · shrunk toward 0 · luck check = 1,000 shuffles · source: school box scores · Updated Fri 10:03 AM ET

Source: school box scores · Updated Fri 10:03 AM ET