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Bio

As a Junior in 2018: Was a member of the team during its transition season between sprint football and NCAA Division II football.

As a Sophomore in 2017: Appeared in all seven games in the offensive backfield for the Ravens...All-Collegiate Sprint Football League First Team selection...Led the CSFL in rushing yards per games (105.7)...Finished second in the league in all-purpose yards per game (125.9), tied for sixth in score (6.0 points/game) and ninth in total offense yards per game (105.7)...As the team's feature back, rushed 131 times for 740 yards (5.6 yards/rush) and seven touchdowns...Also caught eight passes for 128 yards and returned two kicks for 13 yards...Picked up two tackles (one solo) along the way...Opened the season with a 133-yard rushing day and one touchdown on 22 carries, while also catching two passes for 61 yards, in the season opener against Mansfield on 9/16...Hauled in a 62-yard reception, but was held to 17 yards on 16 carries, against Army on 9/23...Rushed 22 times for 176 yards and three scores at Post on 10/7...Rushed 20 times for 84 yards and a touchdown against Cornell on 10/14...Led a school-record 435-yard rushing attack with 269 yards (the second-highest total in school history) on 24 carries and scored twice, including a season-long rush of 58 yards, to steal the show at Caldwell on 10/28...Named CSFL Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending on 10/29.

As a Freshman in 2016: Appeared in all seven games for the Ravens...Rushed for 269 on 66 carries (4.1 yards/carry) for four touchdowns and an average of 38.4 yards/game...Caught eight passes for 46 yards and a score...Threw one pass, which fell incomplete...Returned five kicks for 70 yards, including a long of 20...Returned one punt for zero yards...Finished third on the team with 385 all purpose yards (55.0 yards/game)...Made one solo tackle and blocked one kick...Carried 12 times for 50 yards against Post on 9/17...Returned three kicks for 46 yards against Pennsylvania on 10/1...Rushed for a season-high 71 yards on 12 carries against Chestnut Hill on 10/29...On 17 carries, rushed for 51 yards and two scores at Cornell on 11/4.

Before Franklin Pierce: Three-time All-League selection and two-time Team MVP at Montachusett Regional High School (Mass.)...Central Mass All-Star selection as a senior...Team captain...Team's Defensive MVP as a freshman...Also a two-time All-League selection in track & field at Montachusett...Two-time Team MVP of track & field...Track & field team captain.

Personal: Son of Eric Smith...A criminal justice major...Has two brothers, Jakob and Kyle.