Tickets2021: Appeared in six games...Making three field goals, including a 32-yarder at Indiana and a 23-yarder on the road against Notre Dame...Totaled 340 yards as the kickoff specialist in the first three games of the year... Made 34 out of 35 PAT's in the six games he appeared in, including a season-high eight against UCF.
2020: Served as UC's primary placekicker and kick-off specialist in all 10 games. Finished the season 7-for-10 on field goals with a season-long 47-yard boot at UCF and 48-of-50 on PAT tries. Averaged 57.5 yards per kickoff on 61 boots with 23 touchbacks and three kicks out of bounds. Connected on a 34-yard field goal in the final seconds vs. Tulsa to clinch the AAC Championship. Had a 12-point game at UCF, going 3-for-3 on field goals and 3-for-3 on extra points. Tallied nine points in the rain during the AAC title game, booting two field goals and three PATs.2019: Finished 2-for-3 on the year on field-goal attempts, knocking in a career-long 50 yarder against Tulsa and a 45-yard effort against UConn … had a 43-yard kick blocked in the Birmingham Bowl ... named to the 2019 AAC All-Academic Team.
2018: Posted an up-and-down freshman campaign that saw him earn American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors on Oct. 29 after he hit a pair of field goals at SMU, including the game-tying 41-yard effort at the end of regulation. With SMU using a pair of timeouts to ice the kicker, Smith actually made the kick three times before finally sending things to overtime. He finished the season with five made field goals and 54 extra-points made. Smith posted the second best single-season totals in UC history with 54 extra points made and 56 attempted with his .964 extra-point percentage (54-of-56) tied for fourth best in the career record book. His nine PATs against Alabama A&M tied for the second-best effort in school history while his eight against ECU marked the five-best single-game mark.
PRIOR TO UC: A three-star recruit by ESPN.com and a two-star prospect by 247Sports.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com … 247Sports lists him as the No. 8 kicker in the 2017 class … ChrisSailerKicking.com lists him as a five-star prospect … strong-legged kicker also punted for the Middies … earned First-Team All-Greater Miami Conference and Associated Press Second-Team All-Southwest District honors in 2016 … finished 5-of-9 on field goals with a long kick of 42 yards and 11-of-11 on extra points in 2016 … punted 47 times, averaging 37.4 yards per punt, with a long kick of 59 yards and 15 dropped inside the 20-yard line … converted 24 of 30 extra points as a junior, converting 4-of-7 field goals with a long of 44 yards, a Middletown record … lists incumbent UC kicker Andrew Gantz as one of his mentors … raised money for the Kicking Hunger campaign sponsored by City Gospel Mission in Cincinnati, donating for each point he scored as a senior to benefit homeless and hungry in Middletown through the Hope House Mission … coached by Chris Wells.