Biography
Career: Posted 5,411 career yards of total offense, the most by a Camel all-time…Campbell’s all-time leader with 25 rushing touchdowns, also tying for the school’s career touchdowns scored mark (25)…Responsible for a Campbell record 56 touchdowns…Set school records with 3,471 passing yards and 31 passing touchdowns…Completed 262 passes on 469 attempts, both CU records…Also owns Campbell career records with 8.05 yards per rush, 97.0 rushing yards per game, 13.2 yards per completion and 270.5 yards of total offense per game…Ranks second on CU’s career charts with 1,940 rushing yards…Also stands third with 173.6 yards passing per game…Owns the fourth most points scored in Campbell history with 150…Sits eighth with 241 rushing attempts…Also ranks eighth with 1,940 all purpose yards…
2018: Named Second Team Big South All-Conference by Phil Steele…STATS preseason FCS Walter Payton Award watch list…CFPA preseason FCS National Player of the Year Trophy watch list…Phil Steele preseason Second Team All-Big South…Twice named Big South Offensive Player of the Week…Started 10 games at quarterback, missing the Gardner-Webb game due to injury…Also missed the majority of the Monmouth and Charleston Southern games due to injury…Named Big South Player of the Week after posting 332 yards of total offense and five combined touchdowns in Campbell's 2018 season opening win over Chowan, completing 11-of-20 passes for 260 yards and three scores, while adding 72 on 12 carries and two TDs on the ground…Again named Big South Player of the Week after Campbell’s win over Shaw, passing for 227 yards and two TDs on 22-of-28 throws, running for an even 100 yards on five carries with two touchdowns…Completed 19-of-29 passes for 217 yards with a touchdown and an interception in a win at Georgetown, adding 22 yards rushing…Connected on 16-of-34 throws for 218 yards and a TD, with 15 yards rushing and another touchdown against Coastal Carolina…Tossed three touchdowns and ran for another in a win over North Alabama, posting 163 yards passing (16-of-24 passing) and 115 rushing (15 carries)…Ran for 151 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries, adding 120 yards passing (5-of-14) in a win over Wagner…Collected 182 yards on 15-of-31 passing with a touchdown, also running for a TD and 20 yards at Monmouth…Completed 4-of-8 passes for 46 yards with 29 rushing yards on 12 carries at Kennesaw State…Ran for 129 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries in a win at Presbyterian, tacking on 109 yards and a touchdown on 14-of-22 passing…Completed all three pass attempts for 30 yards with 15 rushing yards on four carries against Charleston Southern…
2017: Named First Team Freshman All-America by Phil Steele…Also named Second Team All-PFL by Phil Steele…A finalist for the STATS Jerry Rice Award Watch List for FCS freshman player of the year…Also named to the STATS Walter Payton Award watch list, given annually to the FCS national offensive player of the year, as well as the College Football Performance Awards' (CFPA) 2017 midseason watch list for the FCS National Performer of the Year Trophy…Tabbed PFL Offensive Freshman of the Year…Also named Second Team All-PFL…Named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll…Named STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Week after running for 289 yards and four touchdowns in Campbell's 42-29 win at Davidson, logging the most rushing yards by a quarterback in the 2017 FCS season (third most overall in a single game)…His 289 yards came on 23 carries, breaking De'Shawn Jones' 2015 CU single-game record (at Davidson, 10/31/15)…Also passed for a TD against the Wildcats, going 7-for-18 with 156 yards through the air with an interception, accounting for five TDs, also a school record, for the third time on the year…His 80-yard TD run in the third quarter gave Campbell its largest lead of the game (35-15)…Also collected PFL Offensive Player of the Week honors…Named honorable mention National Freshman of the Week by STATS FCS for the first time after completing 15-of-29 pass attempts for 186 yards with a touchdown and an interception, coming on in relief of CU starter Anthony Robbins at Presbyterian, adding 102 yards rushing on 18 carries...Again named honorable mention STATS FCS Freshman of the Week after running for 191 yards in an overtime loss to Jacksonville, then the third most rushing yards by a Camel all-time and the most ever by a QB, with three touchdowns, including two in extra time, tacking on 185 yards through the air, while completing 15-of-31 passes with two more scores...Rushed for 43 yards and two touchdowns in overtime alone against the Dolphins, adding a 17-yard TD run in the second, and passing for two touchdowns in the third quarter…Played in 10 games for the Camels, starting the team’s final eight games at quarterback…Set Campbell single-season records for rushing yards (1,272), rushing yards per game (127.2), passing touchdowns (18), passing yards per game (188.9), total offense yards (3,161), touchdowns responsible for (30), total offense yards per game (316.1), all purpose yards (1,272) and all purpose yards per game (127.2)…Posted 12 rushing touchdowns, second most by a Camel all-time…Already owns Campbell’s all-time passing touchdowns record with 18…Already ranks among Campbell’s career top-10 in rushing yards (sixth), rushing TDs (ninth), pass attempts (sixth), pass completions (sixth), passing yards (sixth), total offense (third), TDs responsible for (second) and touchdowns scored (10th)…Completed 136 of 255 passes with 18 TDs and seven interceptions…Logged 140 rushing attempts…Rushed for 100 or more yards six times…Passed for 200 or more yards three times…Completed 5-of-7 passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns, adding 61 yards and a TD rushing in his collegiate debut against Methodist, including a season-long 71-yard TD pass…Rushed for 179 yards and two touchdowns, adding 188 yards and two more scores on 14-of-29 passing in a win at Stetson…Rushed for 152 yards on 12 carries, passing for 129 yards and two TDs on 11-of-26 tries with an interception in a win over Morehead State…Completed 19-of-28 pass attempted for 259 yards, tying a CU single-game record with four passing touchdowns, adding another TD rushing (five carries, 40 yards) to set a school single-game touchdowns responsible for record with five…Tied that record two more times during the season (Jacksonville, at Davidson)…Ran for 172 yards on 18 carries, going 15-of-32 passing with two touchdowns and 212 yards in a win at Dayton…Passed for 321 yards and two touchdowns, completing 25-of-33 throws with an interception at Butler…Totaled 147 yards on 10-of-22 passing with an interception against Drake, adding a TD with 81 yards rushing on 20 attempts…
2016: Redshirted the 2016 season…Earned a spot on the PFL Academic Honor Roll…
Prep/Personal: Named conference and region player of the year as a senior…Named first team all-state in 2015…Set school records for single game, season and career passing yards, as well as season and career passing touchdowns…As a senior, accounted for over 2,600 total yards and 27 touchdowns…Led Tuscarora High School to conference championships as a junior and senior, as well as a regional title in 2014…Paced the Huskies to a 27-2 record over his final two seasons…Coached by Michael Bennett…Also lettered in basketball…Born April 27, 1998 in Leesburg, Va. …Son of Jay and Betsy Smith…Has two siblings, Rebecca and Rusty…
