Earning Their Stripes Video (YouTube)
2021: Fourth-year team member … selected as one of 176 semifinalists for the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy®, awarded to the nation’s top football scholar-athlete by the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame ... returning starter at running back … has started nine of 18 career games … has rushed for 1,155 career yards on 281 career carries with 12 career rushing touchdowns … has 116 career receptions for 1,052 career receiving yards with four career receiving touchdowns ... three -time All-ODAC (2018, 2019, Spring 2021).
Spring 2021: Started three of four games as a junior … rushed for 191 yards on 36 carries with three touchdowns … had 13 receptions for 99 receiving yards … First Team All-ODAC ... Second Team VaSID All-State.
2019: Started five of six games as a sophomore … rushed for 362 yards on 98 carries with two touchdowns, adding a two-point conversion … had 32 receptions for 292 receiving yards with two touchdowns … completed 1-2 passes for five yards … Third Team All-ODAC ... ODAC All-Academic Team.
2018: Started one of eight games as a freshman … rushed for 602 yards on 147 carries with seven touchdowns … had 71 receptions for 661 receiving yards with two touchdowns … rushed for career-high 214 yards on career-high 30 carries and one touchdown, adding career-high 12 receptions for career-high 118 yards, totaling a career-high 332 all-purpose yards (vs. Guilford, October 20) ... completed 2-3 passes for 39 yards … second in the ODAC in receptions, fourth with 1,263 all-purpose yards (157.9, third in the ODAC) … sixth in Division III receptions per game (8.9) and 22nd in all-purpose yards … 2018 ODAC Rookie of the Year … Third Team All-ODAC … VaSID College Division Offensive Rookie of the Year.
High School: 2018 graduate of Franklin County High School in Rocky Mount … First Team All-Region 6A South and Piedmont District Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... All-Conference as a sophomore, junior and senior … set 10-plus school records during his career ... also participated in basketball and track and field ... Piedmont District All-Academic Team ... Student School Board Representative ... Principal's Advisory Committee ... National Honor Society ... Principal's List.
Personal: Son of Brandon and Renee Smith … has one sister (Ayanna) … father played football at UVA Wise … cousin (Jay Edwards) played football and basketball at Ferrum ... cousin (Kam Smith) played football at Winston-Salem State (NC) ... cousin (Charmaine Johnson) played basketball at Lynchburg ... majoring in mathematical economics … favorite TV shows include The Ranch, Peaky Blinders and The Walking Dead … favorite movies include Zero Dark Thirty, American Sniper and Life ... favorite professional sports team is the Philadelphia Eagles … favorite sports figures include LeBron James, Conor McGregor and Georges St-Pierre … greatest sports moment was winning The National Travel Basketball Association (NTBA) National Championship in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 2015, and the Guilford game in 2018 ... hobbies include hunting, fishing, playing Call of Duty and spending time with family.
Why H-SC: “Academics have always been first in my family, and at Hampden-Sydney, you are pushed to excel and the atmosphere is exceptional."
