TicketsCAREER HONORS
• Invited to 2021 NFL Combine
• Selected for 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl
• No. 257 on The Athletic’s 2021 Top-300 NFL Draft Big Board
• 2018 Ray Guy Award Finalist
• 2018 All-America (FWAA - Second Team, AP - Third Team)
• First-Team All-American Athletic Conference (2017, 2018).
• Second-Team All-AAC (2019, 2020).
CAREER
UC’s all-time leading punter and a four-time all-conference player, earned First-Team All-AAC recognition in 2017 and 2018 and second-team plaudits in 2019 and 2020 ... became UC’s all-time leader in punting yardage during the Houston game ... kicked 235 times for 10,245 yards and just three touchbacks and was a 2018 All-America selection and finalist for the Ray Guy Award as one of the nation’s best punters ... looking at the UC record book, Smith also sits No. 2 in punting average (43.6) and tied for third in punts (235).
SINGLE-GAME BESTS
Punt attempts: 10, at Michigan, 09/09/17
Punt yards: 373, at Michigan, 09/09/17 (10 punts)
Longest punt: 72, at Temple, 10/20/18
Tackles: 1, at Miami, 09/08/18 (1-0); Marshall, 09/30/17 (0-1); at SMU, 10/24/20 (1-0)
2020: Second-Team All-AAC honoree kicked 40 times for 1,754 yards, averaging 43.9 yards per punt with one touchback, 21 fair catches, 18 punts inside the 20 and eight kicks over 50 ... UC had only had 13 punts returned with a long return of 16 yards and only three returns of 10+ yards ... punted a season-high eight times and had his first career rush, a nine-yard, fake-punt scamper against Georgia in the Peach Bowl ... longest punt of the year was a 60-yard field flipper against USF ... also averaged 46.8 yards on fou kicks versus the Bulls ... averaged over 40-yards per punt in every 2020 game.
2019: Grabbed his third All-American Athletic Conference honor in 2019, being tabbed for second-team accolades ... ranked among the Top-3 punters in the AAC, averaging 42.4 yards per boot with a long kick of 59 yards in 72 attempts ... UC was second in the AAC in net punting, averaging 40.9 net yards per punt during the regular season ... the AAC Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 7 and earned a spot on the Ray Guy Award's weekly Ray's 8 list on three occasions ... thirty-seven of his 72 punts were fair caught, 21 were landed inside the 20-yard line and 10 went for 50 yards or more with only one touchback ... only 18 of his punts were returned, for an average of 4.9 yards per return with a long return of 12 yards ... recorded only the second touchback of his career in the fourth quarter of 2019 opener against UCLA ... recorded 68-straight kicks without a touchback in 2019 after streaks of 44-straight kicks in 2018 and 81-straight kicks spanning 2017-18 ... named to the 2019 AAC All-Academic Team.
2018: A finalist for the 2018 Ray Guy Award, a First-Team All-AAC selection and two-time All-America honoree (FWAA - 2nd, AP - 3rd) in 2018. The Bearcats led the American in net punting and punt return defense, finishing No. 2 and No. 23 in the NCAA FBS, respectively. Smith averaged 46.6 yards per punt, ranking fourth in the NCAA FBS and setting the second-best punting season in UC history, just off Kevin Huber's school record mark of 46.9 ypp from 2007. Smith had a career-long kick of 72 yards at Temple, dropped 25 kicks inside the 20, had 16 boots of 50 yards or more and has only recorded one career touchback.
2017: A First-Team All-American Athletic Conference selection as a true freshman... kicked 64 times for a 42.0 per kick average with a long boot of 65 yards... had 33 punts fair caught, dropped 21 inside the 20-yard line and booted nine kicks for 50 or more yards ... the Bearcats led the American in punting, with a net average of 41.0 yards per punt ... UC was one of four teams nationally to not have a touchback on a punt in 2017... kicked a season-hight 10 times at Michigan ... averaged a season-best 52.7 yards per kick on six boots at ECU with three going more than 50 yards ... his season-long kick of 65 yards also came against the Pirates ... averaged 40.0 yards or higher in nine games ... placed three punts inside the 20-yard line in five games.
PRIOR TO UC: Australian punter joins the Bearcats as a true freshman in 2017 ... trained with Prokick Australia’s Nathan Chapman ... Smith was a mainstay for the Wangaratta Rovers since his debut in 2013 ... trained for 16 months to get his opportunity to earn a scholarship ... second Australian player to appear on UC’s roster after Lindsay Crook (Gold Coast), who saw his career end in 2014 after a knee injury.
• Invited to 2021 NFL Combine
• Selected for 2021 Reese’s Senior Bowl
• No. 257 on The Athletic’s 2021 Top-300 NFL Draft Big Board
• 2018 Ray Guy Award Finalist
• 2018 All-America (FWAA - Second Team, AP - Third Team)
• First-Team All-American Athletic Conference (2017, 2018).
• Second-Team All-AAC (2019, 2020).
CAREER
UC’s all-time leading punter and a four-time all-conference player, earned First-Team All-AAC recognition in 2017 and 2018 and second-team plaudits in 2019 and 2020 ... became UC’s all-time leader in punting yardage during the Houston game ... kicked 235 times for 10,245 yards and just three touchbacks and was a 2018 All-America selection and finalist for the Ray Guy Award as one of the nation’s best punters ... looking at the UC record book, Smith also sits No. 2 in punting average (43.6) and tied for third in punts (235).
SINGLE-GAME BESTS
Punt attempts: 10, at Michigan, 09/09/17
Punt yards: 373, at Michigan, 09/09/17 (10 punts)
Longest punt: 72, at Temple, 10/20/18
Tackles: 1, at Miami, 09/08/18 (1-0); Marshall, 09/30/17 (0-1); at SMU, 10/24/20 (1-0)
2020: Second-Team All-AAC honoree kicked 40 times for 1,754 yards, averaging 43.9 yards per punt with one touchback, 21 fair catches, 18 punts inside the 20 and eight kicks over 50 ... UC had only had 13 punts returned with a long return of 16 yards and only three returns of 10+ yards ... punted a season-high eight times and had his first career rush, a nine-yard, fake-punt scamper against Georgia in the Peach Bowl ... longest punt of the year was a 60-yard field flipper against USF ... also averaged 46.8 yards on fou kicks versus the Bulls ... averaged over 40-yards per punt in every 2020 game.
2019: Grabbed his third All-American Athletic Conference honor in 2019, being tabbed for second-team accolades ... ranked among the Top-3 punters in the AAC, averaging 42.4 yards per boot with a long kick of 59 yards in 72 attempts ... UC was second in the AAC in net punting, averaging 40.9 net yards per punt during the regular season ... the AAC Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 7 and earned a spot on the Ray Guy Award's weekly Ray's 8 list on three occasions ... thirty-seven of his 72 punts were fair caught, 21 were landed inside the 20-yard line and 10 went for 50 yards or more with only one touchback ... only 18 of his punts were returned, for an average of 4.9 yards per return with a long return of 12 yards ... recorded only the second touchback of his career in the fourth quarter of 2019 opener against UCLA ... recorded 68-straight kicks without a touchback in 2019 after streaks of 44-straight kicks in 2018 and 81-straight kicks spanning 2017-18 ... named to the 2019 AAC All-Academic Team.
2018: A finalist for the 2018 Ray Guy Award, a First-Team All-AAC selection and two-time All-America honoree (FWAA - 2nd, AP - 3rd) in 2018. The Bearcats led the American in net punting and punt return defense, finishing No. 2 and No. 23 in the NCAA FBS, respectively. Smith averaged 46.6 yards per punt, ranking fourth in the NCAA FBS and setting the second-best punting season in UC history, just off Kevin Huber's school record mark of 46.9 ypp from 2007. Smith had a career-long kick of 72 yards at Temple, dropped 25 kicks inside the 20, had 16 boots of 50 yards or more and has only recorded one career touchback.
2017: A First-Team All-American Athletic Conference selection as a true freshman... kicked 64 times for a 42.0 per kick average with a long boot of 65 yards... had 33 punts fair caught, dropped 21 inside the 20-yard line and booted nine kicks for 50 or more yards ... the Bearcats led the American in punting, with a net average of 41.0 yards per punt ... UC was one of four teams nationally to not have a touchback on a punt in 2017... kicked a season-hight 10 times at Michigan ... averaged a season-best 52.7 yards per kick on six boots at ECU with three going more than 50 yards ... his season-long kick of 65 yards also came against the Pirates ... averaged 40.0 yards or higher in nine games ... placed three punts inside the 20-yard line in five games.
PRIOR TO UC: Australian punter joins the Bearcats as a true freshman in 2017 ... trained with Prokick Australia’s Nathan Chapman ... Smith was a mainstay for the Wangaratta Rovers since his debut in 2013 ... trained for 16 months to get his opportunity to earn a scholarship ... second Australian player to appear on UC’s roster after Lindsay Crook (Gold Coast), who saw his career end in 2014 after a knee injury.