* College Football Performance.com Wide Receivers Watch List
* College Football Performance.com Punt Returners Watch List
* All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Second Team
* MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week
* MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award
* Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll

Quick, explosive player with game-changing potential when he touches the football ... Made the adjustment quickly to the collegiate game ... College Football Performance.com Wide Receivers and Punt Returners Watch List and first team return specialist on Phil Steele’s FCS College Preview All-MVFC preseason team ... 2011 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Named to all-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team ... Started in 11 of 14 games played ... Caught 44 passes for 531 yards ... Averaged 12.1 yards per reception ... Ranked 13th in punt returns (10.48 avg/r) in NCAA FCS ... Returned punt 41 yards for touchdown at South Dakota State (10-22-11) ... Season-high seven receptions for 55 yards at Indiana State (11-5-11) ... Had 74 yards receiving at Minnesota (9-24-11) on four catches ... Had season long 58-yard reception at Southern Illinois (10-8-11) ... Selected to Academic All-MVFC second team ... Received MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award ... 2010 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in all 14 games ... Returned 31 punts for 332 yards for a 10.7 average ... Ranked 26th in NCAA FCS ... Returned five punts for 146 yards including a season long of 51 yards vs. Morgan State (9-18-10) ... Returned nine kickoffs for 183 yards and 20.3 average ... Had season best return of 38 yards at Youngstown State (10-9-10) ... Had three carries for 15 yards ... Named to the MVFC Honor Roll ... HIGH SCHOOL: 2010 graduate of Wahpeton High School ... Two-time all-state and all-conference running back for Wahpeton and head coach Mike McCall ... Rushed for 2,781 yards as a senior and 2,135 yards as a junior ... The Huskies went 12-1 and reached the state AA semifinals in 2009, and went 9-3 and advanced to the state AAA quarterfinals in 2008 ... 2009-10 Old Spice National Red Zone Player of the Year ... Holds a dozen Wahpeton High School football records ... Rushed nine times for 40 yards and caught five passes for 45 in Team North Dakota’s 41-38 win over Montana in the Badlands Bowl ... It was North Dakota’s first win since 2007 ... Won the state 100 meter dash championship in 2009 and was member of the 2009 Eastern Dakota Conference basketball championship team ... Set the EDC records in the 100 and 200 ... PERSONAL: Born August 19, 1991 ... Son of Randy and Trudi Smith ... Has two sisters, KiKi and Allie, who competed in track & field at South Dakota ... KiKi ran at NDSU in 2001-02 ... Father played football and ran track at Northern State, while mother played volleyball and ran track at Jamestown College ... College major is business administration ... Worked security for USA Wrestling during the summer.

Smith’s Career Bests
Rushing Attempts: 2 vs. UNI, 10-29-11 (8); vs. Robert Morris, 11-27-10 (12)
Rushing Yards: 12 vs. Robert Morris, 11-27-10 (2 attempts)
Long Rush: 11 vs. Illinois State, 10-1-11; vs. Saint Francis, Pa., 9-10-11
Receptions: 7 at Indiana State, 11-5-11 (55 yards)
Receiving Yards: 74 at Minnesota, 9-24-11 (4 receptions)
Long Reception: 58 at Southern Illinois, 10-8-11
Punt Returns: 6 vs. Lafayette, 9-3-11 (73); vs. South Dakota, 9-25-10 (53)
Punt Return Yards: 145 vs. Morgan State, 9-18-10 (5 returns)
Longest Punt Return: 51 vs. South Dakota, 9-25-10
Kickoff Returns: 3 vs. South Dakota, 9-25-10 (52); at UNI, 9-11-10 (51)
Kickoff Return Yards: 63 vs. Youngstown State (2 returns), 11-12-11
Longest Kickoff Return: 38 vs. Saint Francis, Pa., 9-10-11; at Youngstown State, 10-9-10