UConn Huskies · EDGE RoomEDGE
#1 Ben Smiley
Class RS SR/TRFrom Virginia (transfer)Ht / Wt 6'4" · 245 lbHometown Norfolk, VA
Depth-chart placement
Current role
LDE1Placement
StarterRoom
EDGEExperience
5-SRLast change
Updated 2026-07-28EDGE room context
View full depth chart →Ben Smiley holds the LDE · Starter spot in UConn Huskies’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:
Transfer history
2026Virginia→UConn Huskies
Production
2025 seasonLatest season · 2025
21
Tackles
2
TFL
2
QB hurries
Background & career
Ben Smiley is a 6'4", 245-pound left defensive end from Norfolk, VA who transferred to UConn from Virginia. A redshirt senior in 2025, Smiley wears jersey number 1 for the Huskies. Through the 2025 season, he recorded 21 total tackles, 7 solo tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 2 quarterback hurries.
Virginiathrough 2024
UConn2025 — presentPrevious schoolVirginiaOriginNorfolk, VA