Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS

2021 SEASON

CAA Football Third Team Offense

CAA Co-Offensive Player of the Week (September 20)

Walter Payton Award Preseason Watch List

CAA Football Preseason Honorable Mention

2020 (SPRING 2021) SEASON

Athlon Sports Spring Preseason All-American

STATS Perform Preseason All-America Second Team (Fall 2020)

2019 SEASON

CAA Football Third Team Offense

CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week (September 23)

STATS FCS Honorable Mention (September 23)

ACADEMIC HONORS

CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021)

Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021)

Villanova: Named a CAA Football preseason honorable mention selection … One of the top quarterbacks in FCS Football … Accurate passer who has a good grasp of the Wildcats offensive scheme … Excellent runner with good quickness.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): Started all four games under center in his second year with the Wildcats … Completed 56-of-115 passes for 677 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions … Averaged 12.1 yards per completion and had a long pass of 49 yards on the year … Rushed 24 times for 141 yards and a touchdown … Averaged 5.9 yards per carry with a long run of 43 yards … Averaged 204.5 yards of total offense per game; at Stony Brook (3/6): Went 16-of-31 through the air for a season-high 242 yards and a touchdown in the season opener … Threw a 49-yard touchdown pass in the 16-13 win over the Seawolves and also rushed three times for 10 yards in the game … His 252 yards of total offense were a season high; Rhode Island (3/13): Tallied his 12^th career game and the second of his Villanova career with over 100 rushing yards … Carried 10 times for 110 yards and a touchdown to go along with 12-of-27 passing for 116 yards with one interception … Scored on a five-yard run in the third quarter and had a season-long 43-yard carry during the game; at Maine (4/3): Was 16-of-28 through the air for 176 yards and a touchdown while rushing five times for 27 yards in the 44-17 road win; Delaware (4/17): Competed 12-of-29 passes for 143 yards with two touchdowns and an interception … Recorded six carries with a long rush of six yards … Had a long pass of 31 yards in the contest while throwing touchdown passes for eight yards and one yard, the latter on a wild pop-up pass in the corner of the end zone in the fourth quarter.
 
2019: Was a breakout player for the Wildcats in his first season at Villanova after transferring from Campbell … Finished ninth in the Walter Payton Award balloting … Named a third team All-CAA selection … Led all of FCS Football in points responsible for thanks to 35 passing touchdowns, 12 rushing touchdowns and one touchdown reception … His 13 total touchdowns scored were a team high … Completed 236-of-396 passes for 3,274 yards and 35 touchdowns with just 10 interceptions … Rushed for 457 yards and 12 scores on 84 carries … Totaled 525 all-purpose yards … His longest plays of the year were an 82-yard pass, a 53-yard rush and a 68-yard reception … All three of those plays resulted in touchdowns … Surpassed 300 passing yards in a game on three occasions and had one 100+-yard rushing game … His 3,274 passing yards and 3,731 yards of total offense are both the third-most in a single season in school history; at Colgate (8/24): In his Villanova debut threw for 205 yards on 14-of-29 passing … Threw three touchdown passes and rushed for another score … Ran seven times total for 37 yards and the one touchdown; Lehigh (9/7): Went 14-of-24 for 172 yards and three touchdowns while rushing twice for seven yards in the home opener; at Bucknell (9/14): Completed 12-of-23 passes for 109 yards with three touchdowns and an interception … Rushed for 28 yards and a touchdown on five carries; at Towson (9/21): Named the CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week and a STATS FCS Honorable Mention performer after he completed 25 passes in an overtime road win over the fifth-ranked Tigers … Was 25-of-42 through the air for 279 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions in addition to rushing seven times for 70 yards and two touchdowns … Scored on a 36-yard run in the third quarter and notched the game-winning touchdown on a two-yard scamper in overtime; Maine (9/28): Scored two rushing touchdowns for the second straight game … Ran six times for 34 yards and the two scores while going 15-of-24 through the air for 213 yards and a touchdown … Connected with Changa Hodge for a 77-yard scoring play; at William & Mary (10/5): Completed 21-of-34 passes for 250 yards and three touchdowns to go with six carries for 24 yards; at James Madison (10/12): Passed for a season-high 387 yards and had a season-high 26 completions … Went 26-of-47 on the afternoon for 387 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions … Carried eight times and had a long rush of six yards in the contest; Stony Brook (10/26): Went 17-of-29 for 249 yards with a touchdown and an interception … Threw a 50-yard pass and also caught his first career pass for a 68-yard touchdown on a trick play … Credited with four rushes on the night; at New Hampshire (11/2): Threw for 313 yards while going 21-of-40 through the air with a touchdown and three interceptions … Also rushed 10 times for 45 yards and a score; Richmond (11/9): The only game of the year in which he didn’t throw a touchdown pass, but was 20-of-28 through the air for 235 yards while rushing 14 times for a season-high 105 yards and two touchdowns … Scored on runs of 25 yards and nine yards as the Wildcats tallied four rushing touchdowns in a 35-28 victory; LIU (11/15): Went 15-of-22 for 201 yards with four touchdowns and had a rushing touchdown among his two carries on the night; Delaware (11/23): Threw a career-high five touchdown passes to lead Villanova to a win over Delaware in the annual ‘Battle of the Blue’ rivalry game … Went 17-of-24 for 378 yards and the five touchdowns to go along with six carries for 44 yards and another score … The six touchdowns he was responsible for were a season high, as was his 82-yard completion for a touchdown to Changa Hodge … Villanova had a season-high 589 yards of total offense in a 55-33 win; at Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Went 19-of-30 through the air for 283 yards and four touchdowns while running seven times for 90 yards and a score in the first round of the FCS playoffs … His 53-yard touchdown run was his longest rush of the season.
 
Campbell University: Set school career records for total offense, rushing touchdowns, passing yards and passing touchdowns ... Tallied 5,411 yards of total offense, 25 rushing touchdowns, 3,471 passing yards and 31 passing touchdowns ... Completed 262 passes on 469 attempts (55.9%) ... Ranks second on Campbell's all-time career rushing list with 1,940 yards ... Recorded the 1,940 yards on 241 attempts (8.0 yards per carry) ... Named to the STATS Preseason Walter Payton Award Watch List ... Earned second team all-conference by Phil Steele ... 2017 first team Freshman All-American by Phil Steele ... Was a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award which is given to the top freshman in the FCS.

Tuscarora High School: Earned both conference and region player of the year honors as a senior ... 2015 first team all-state honoree ... Tallied over 2,600 total yards with 27 touchdowns as a senior ... Led the team to a 27-2 record and the conference championship as a junior and a senior.

Personal: Born 4/27/98 ... Youngest of three children of Jay and Betsy Smith ... Brother, Rusty, played baseball at Mars Hill University from 2009-11 ... Sister, Rebecca, played lacrosse at Goucher College from 2009-13.