Scouting report · DB · Carolina
Chau Smith-Wade
DB180 in IDP dynasty, right in the prime of the curve.
#858 overall · age 24 · 2024 round 5, pick 157 · 3rd season
CARDefensive back · DB180
IDP points a game
Current outlook
This week
Weekly projections cover offense only, so defenders have none here.
Rest of season · redraft ppr
Redraft formats here start offense only.
Dynasty · Dynasty IDP
#858 · DB180
Value 502 · 12 teams
LatestNo Swindlr analysis on him in the last three weeks.
Dynasty value · Dynasty IDP
502
▼ 78 · last 3 weeks of games
Rank
#858 · DB180
Overall · position
2026 IDP / game
2.3
3 games
Age
24
3 seasons in
In a year
Same
514 · about #828 next year
Recalculated: today's model on the games through each week, valued at today's point in the season. It shows what each week's games did to his value, not the values Swindlr showed at the time.
Swindlr records its published values weekly from Oct 28, 2026; they'll appear here as a record beside this chart.
Where his value comes from · Dynasty IDP
This season 3%Next two seasons 19%Later 78%
His projection (6.9 a game) doesn't clear a replacement-level defensive back yet, so his value is all upside: the model's allowance for him becoming more than that, which it makes wider in a player's first three seasons. It's the least certain part of any value.
Splits
Regular season · week 8 of 2026 (in progress)
| Season | G | Tackles | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | FF | IDP / G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 55 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 |
2026 week by week · IDP points
What he's worth in a trade
Dynasty IDP
Equal value today · Swindlr's estimate
Not real trades: packages that land within a few percent of Chau's value in Dynasty IDP now. A two-for-one shows the pair's total less the roster spot the second player takes, as the calculator counts it. Open one to see who wins it.
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Values are Swindlr's estimates for 12-team leagues, updated with every week's stats (through week 8 of 2026 (in progress)). "In a year" is the same production a year older, on the age curve the model is tuned with; news, role changes and the next rookie class aren’t in it. Stats: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).
Stats from Sleeper’s weekly stat lines, regular season, through week 8 of 2026 (in progress) (nflverse’s box scores fill a week Sleeper lacks); teams and injuries from Sleeper, Nov 1. Where the numbers come from.