Eamon Smalls holds the NT · Backup spot in Kansas Jayhawks’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Eamon Smalls is a nose tackle from Beaufort, N.C., who attended Fulshear HS before joining UAB. A three-star recruit in the 2023 class, Smalls redshirted his true freshman year in 2023, appearing in four games with four tackles and one tackle for loss. He saw action in eight games during 2024, recording 16 tackles with a season-high of four tackles twice. In 2025, Smalls appeared in 11 games and made 10 starts, posting 50 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks, and one QB hurry, including a career-high seven tackles against No. 15 Tennessee on Sept. 20. He now transfers to Kansas as a redshirt junior.

UAB2023 – 2025

Kansas2026 — present