Career Highlights
• Career Games/Starts: 29/9 ... Bison debut: at Texas A&M-Commerce (9/1/01) ... First Career Start: vs. Delta State (9/29/01).
• Career Stats: 59 receptions, 866 yards, 4 TD; 30 kickoff returns, 673 yards; 1,521 all-purpose yards; 14 tackles (10 solo).
• Ranks 5th at HU in career kickoff return average (22.4) and 10th in career kickoff return yards (673) ... needs 134 receiving yards to become the 14th HU receiver to reach 1,000 yards ... needs 479 all-purpose yards to become the 19th HU player to reach 2,000 career yards.
2004
• Games/Starts: 1/0 ... made 2 catches for 11 yards in the season opener against Southwest Baptist ... injured in the first quarter of the game and missed the rest of the season, earning a medical redshirt.
2003
• Games/Starts: 10/4
• Smith was Harding’s big-play wide receiver and provided the Bisons with a threat on kickoff returns.
• Fourth on the team with 24 receptions and third with 507 yards ... tied for second on the team 3 receiving TD ... 76-yard TD reception vs. West Georgia was the longest play from scrimmage for the Bisons in 2003 ... set career-highs with 5 receptions for 151 yards in the game, his first career 100-yard game.
• Led the team with a 21.1 yards per catch average (2nd in HU single-season - Mike Alexander, 28.8 in 1987).
• Led Harding in all-purpose yards with 1,011 ... 507 receiving yards, 522 kickoff return yards, -18 rushing yards ... ranked 10th in the GSC in all-purpose yards per game (101.1).
• Led Harding with 22 kickoff returns for 522 yards ... his yardage total was the fourth most in HU history and the most in the last 20 years ... his 22 returns were tied for fifth.
• Ranked sixth in the GSC in kickoff return average (23.7) ... ranked third among players with more than 20 returns ... ranked 38th in NCAA II.
• Recorded four solo tackles on special teams.
2002
• Games/Starts: 9/1 ... missed North Alabama and Arkansas Tech games with an injury.
• 16 receptions, 211 yards, 1 TD as a reserve wide receiver ... at least one reception in eight of nine games played ... season-high 4 receptions vs. Delta State.
• Recorded 9 tackles (6 solo) on special teams.
• Returned 8 kickoffs for 151 yards (18.9 avg).
2001
• Games/Starts: 10/3
• 17 receptions, 137 yards ... season-high 4 receptions for 34 yards vs. West Georgia.
Previous School
• Started at wide receiver for Harding Academy in Searcy, Ark. ... earned all-state honors as a senior.
• Set school records with 82 receptions for 1,580 yards as a senior ... 12 receptions, 221 yards vs. Mayflower ... coached by Tommy Shoemaker.
• Also all-state in golf and track.
Personal
• Born: June 30, 1981 ... Major: Health, Kinesiology, and Coaching ... Parents: Lynn and Diana Smith ... older brother Ryan pitched for the Bison baseball team in 1997-98.
• Hobbies include hunting, fishing, and playing other sports ... would like to travel to Australia ... favorites include Hoosiers (movie), Casting Crowns (band), and the Atlanta Braves.
RUSHING G Att Yds TD Lg Avg/C Avg/G
2001................ 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2002................ 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2003................ 10 1 -18 0 0 -18.0 -1.8
2004................ 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL............... 31 1 -18 0 0 -18.0 -0.6
TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Total Avg/G
2001................ 10 0 0 0 0.0
2002................ 9 0 0 0 0.0
2003................ 10 -18 0 -18 -1.8
2004................ 2 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL............... 31 -18 0 -18 -0.6
RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G
2001................ 10 17 137 0 31 1.7 8.1 13.7
2002................ 9 16 211 1 37 1.8 13.2 23.4
2003................ 10 24 507 3 76 2.4 21.1 50.7
2004................ 2 2 11 0 8 1.0 5.5 5.5
TOTAL............... 31 59 866 4 76 1.9 14.7 27.9
TACKLES G UA A Total TFL-Yds PD FF FR Blkd
2001................ 10 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0
2002................ 9 6 3 9 0.0-0 0 0 0 0
2003................ 10 4 0 4 0.0-0 0 0 0 0
2004................ 2 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL............... 31 10 4 14 0.0-0 0 0 0 0
KICK RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G
2001................ 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2002................ 9 8 151 0 28 18.9 16.8
2003................ 10 22 522 0 48 23.7 52.2
2004................ 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL............... 31 30 673 0 48 22.4 21.7
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G
2001................ 10 0 137 0 0 0 137 13.7
2002................ 9 0 211 0 151 0 362 40.2
2003................ 10 -18 507 0 522 0 1011 101.1
2004................ 2 0 11 0 0 0 11 5.5
TOTAL............... 31 -18 866 0 673 0 1521 49.1
SCORING G TD Rush Pass Retn PAT 2PAT FG Total Avg/G
2001................ 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2002................ 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.7
2003................ 10 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 18 1.8
2004................ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL............... 31 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 24 0.8
Career Highs
Receptions - 5 vs. West Georgia (10/11/03)
Receiving Yards - 151 vs. West Georgia (10/11/03)
Receiving TD - 1 (four times), last vs. Henderson State (10/18/03)
