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Ht: 5-10
Wt: 186
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07/16/1980 |
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Shreveport,
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| OUTLOOK: The most productive UA receiver in the past two seasons, he is listed as the Hogs’ starter at flanker. He has posted more than 30 catches in each of his first two seasons and will likely get an opportunity to make it three seasons in a row in 2002. He will face some stiff competition from Sparky Hamilton and Decori Birmingham. An accomplished long and triple jumper for the UA track team, Smith missed a majority of spring football drills while competing for legendary Razorback track and field coach John McDonnell. He did make three catches for 13 yards and a touchdown in limited spring scrimmage action.
2002 (Track and Field): He competed in the long jump and the triple jump in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. He earned a season-best indoor mark of 24-0.75 at the Missouri Southern Invitational. He finished fifth (23-11.50) in the long jump and provisionally qualified in the triple jump with a fifth-place effort (51-11.00) at the SEC Indoor Championships. During the outdoor season, he garnered eight top-ten finishes. He won the long jump at the SEC Quad with a provisional qualifying leap of 25-2.50. At the SEC Outdoor Championships, he finished second and earned a career-best and automatic qualifying mark in the triple jump (54-0.00). He finished 14th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the triple jump (51-9.75).
2001: He started all 11 games at flanker and was second on the squad in both catches and yards with 38 receptions for 383 yards. He hauled in a team-leading five touchdown catches and averaged 10.1 yards per reception and 34.8 receiving yards per game. He tallied three or more catches in seven of 11 contests including four games with five or more receptions. He made four catches for 42 yards and a touchdown in season finale against LSU. He earned three catches for 30 yards and a touchdown against UCF and led the Hogs with five catches for 59 yards and two touchdowns in their win over No. 17 Auburn. His two TD catches doubled his previous career TD total. He hauled in four catches for 27 yards and a touchdown in an upset win over No. 9 South Carolina, made five catches for 50 yards against Georgia and earned career highs in both catches (eight) and receiving yardage (93) against Alabama. He made two catches for 18 yards against Tennessee and earned a game-high five catches for 47 yards against UNLV, including a 23-yard reception that advanced the Hogs to the one-yard line with less than a minute to play and set up the game winning touchdown.
2001 (Track and Field): At the 2001 Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Arkansas at the Randal Tyson Track Center, he finished fourth in the long jump (24-9) and seventh in the triple jump (50-6.25). He also competed in the outdoor campaign. He jumped 24-3.00 in the long jump at the Mt. SAC Relays. At the Drake Relays, he jumped 24-2.50 in the long jump and 49-11.25 in the triple jump. He finished fifth in the long jump (24-9.25) and eighth in the triple jump (50-3.50) at the SEC Championships.
2000: He was selected to the SEC coaches’ Freshman All-SEC team after setting a new UA freshman record with 33 receptions. His 33 catches broke the previous mark of 27 receptions set by Anthony Lucas. He ranked second on the squad in receptions (33) and receiving yards (320). He hauled in one touchdown pass on the season with that coming against Louisiana-Monroe. He played in all 12 of Arkansas’ games, garnering his first collegiate start agai |
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