ON SMITH: Had a breakout season in 2013, earning ample playing time on the defensive side of the ball as well as emerging as a special teams leader ... named the team's 2013 Special Teams Player of the Year ... also received the JB Weber Academic Achievement Award for his performance in the classroom ... honored with the Major of the Year Award for Exercise Science by the National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) ... enters the season with 42 career tackles.
JUNIOR (2013): Played in all 12 games, earning his first career start against Old Dominion where he blocked a punt which resulted in a Bulldog touchdown ... posted four tackles against Appalachian State ... made three tackles in games against FBS foes Old Dominion and Clemson.
SOPHOMORE (2012): Played in all 11 games, primarily as a member of the special teams unit … finished the season with 15 tackles … had a career-high six tackles vs. NC State … closed out the season with a three-tackle performance in a win vs. Furman.
FRESHMAN (2011): Played in nine games as a redshirt freshman ... made eight tackles on the year, including three vs. Wofford and two each vs. Jacksonville and Western Carolina.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Orangeburg Prep ... lettered three times in football and twice each in basketball, baseball and track and field ... served as a team captain ... made over 150 tackles and intercepted four passes while also rushing for better than 1,200 yards his senior season ... twice selected to the all-state team ... named team's best back and selected to play in the Shrine Bowl following his senior year.
PERSONAL: Son of Don Smith and Pam Cornforth ... majoring in physical education - health and wellness.
