Completed Event: Football versus Iowa on September 6, 2025 , Win , 16, to, 13


Awards & Honors
Academic All-Big 12 (2024)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S23, F23, S24, F24, S25)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (24)
2025
Played in 11 games ... finished the season with nine tackles and 0.5 sacks ... made a career-high four tackles in win against Iowa ... got in on first career sack against Arkansas State ... tallied two tackles against TCU ... announced he would transfer following his junior season ... finished Cyclone career playing in 30 games and making 18 tackles.
2024
Played in all 14 games, primarily on special teams ... finished season with nine tackles ... had a season-high three stops against Iowa.
2023
Saw action in five games as a special teams contributor.
High School
Prepped at Fitch High School for head coach TJ Parker … rated as a three-star athlete and the No. 35 player in Ohio by 247Sports Composite … 2022 All-American Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year and first-team pick … 2022 All-Mahoning County Team … 2022 OHSAA Division II Third-Team All-Ohio … also competed in track and field … picked Iowa State over Kentucky among others.
Personal
Father and brother, Randy Smith and Randy Smith Jr., both played football at Youngstown State ... majoring in kinesiology.