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Jersey Number 21
Adam Smith
- Year:
- Senior
- Position:
- Safety
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 190
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Hough
- Major:
- Engineering
Bio
2019 as a Senior: Started in all 16 games at safety… Associated Press Third Team All-American… STATS FCS Third Team All-American… HERO Sports Third Team All-American… First Team All-CAA safety… First Team All-ECAC… VaSID First Team All-State... Had 67 total tackles (45 solo), to go with 1.0 tackle for loss, one fumble recovery, a team-high six interceptions and 10 pass breakups… Ranked fourth nationally and second in the CAA in interceptions while also ranking tied for seventh in JMU single-season history… Ranked seventh in the CAA in passes defended per game (1.0), leading the CAA with 16 total passes defended… Recorded five of six interceptions during conference play, including a string of four straight games… Season-high nine tackles with an interception against Villanova (Oct. 12)… Made five stops with an interception at Rhode Island (Nov. 23)… Also had interceptions versus Morgan State (Sept. 14), at William & Mary (Oct. 19) and against New Hampshire (Nov. 9)… Had a tackle for loss and a pick against Towson (Oct. 26)… Recorded five tackles, a fumble recovery and two breakups against Richmond (Nov. 16)… Had three games with two pass breakups… Had seven tackles at both Elon (Sept. 28) and at Stony Brook (Oct. 5)… Recorded at least four tackles in 10 games… Preseason All-CAA... Casey Carter Academic Achievement Award... CAA Football Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020)... Dean's List (2020).
2018 as a Junior: Started all 13 games... First Team All-CAA safety... VaSID First Team All-State... Second Team ECAC All-Star... Had 68 total tackles (43 solo), to go with 1.0 tackle for loss, 1.0 sack, three interceptions and four pass breakups... Team's second-leading tackler... Ranked tied for eighth in the CAA in interceptions... Career-high 10 tackles in season opener at NC State (Sept. 1)... Had nine tackles at Villanova (Oct. 13) and in FCS Second Round at Colgate (Dec. 1)... Made eight stops at Towson (Nov. 17) and added seven at Richmond (Sept. 29)... Recorded first career interception against Robert Morris (Sept. 13)... Also had picks at Richmond and against Stony Brook (Oct. 27)... Career-best two pass breakups against Elon (Oct. 6)... First career sack at Colgate... Casey Carter Academic Achievement Award recipient.
2017 as a Sophomore: Played in 14 games, primarily on special teams... Had five total tackles (2 solo)… Had two tackles at Delaware (Sept. 30) while tallying one tackle in three separate games.
2016 as a Freshman: Played in all 15 games, primarily on special teams… Had 10 total tackles (4 solo), to go with one blocked punt… Blocked a punt, which was returned for a touchdown by Bryce Maginley, in the FCS quarterfinals against Sam Houston State (Dec. 9)… Had a season-high two tackles in three games, which included two solo stops versus Elon (Nov. 19)... CAA Football Academic All-Conference Team.
High School: First Team All-Mecka 4A Conference as a senior… Led Huskies in interceptions as a senior... Helped Hough to quarterfinals of North Carolina 4AA playoffs as a junior and senior… Part of Hough’s 2015 Mecka 4A Conference championship team which went 11-2... Dual-sport athlete who also ran track, setting school record in 200-meter dash.
Personal: Full name is Adam Mitchell Smith... Son of Sidney and Gretchen Smith... Has a brother, Joshua, and sister, Lauren... Majoring in engineering.
2018 as a Junior: Started all 13 games... First Team All-CAA safety... VaSID First Team All-State... Second Team ECAC All-Star... Had 68 total tackles (43 solo), to go with 1.0 tackle for loss, 1.0 sack, three interceptions and four pass breakups... Team's second-leading tackler... Ranked tied for eighth in the CAA in interceptions... Career-high 10 tackles in season opener at NC State (Sept. 1)... Had nine tackles at Villanova (Oct. 13) and in FCS Second Round at Colgate (Dec. 1)... Made eight stops at Towson (Nov. 17) and added seven at Richmond (Sept. 29)... Recorded first career interception against Robert Morris (Sept. 13)... Also had picks at Richmond and against Stony Brook (Oct. 27)... Career-best two pass breakups against Elon (Oct. 6)... First career sack at Colgate... Casey Carter Academic Achievement Award recipient.
2017 as a Sophomore: Played in 14 games, primarily on special teams... Had five total tackles (2 solo)… Had two tackles at Delaware (Sept. 30) while tallying one tackle in three separate games.
2016 as a Freshman: Played in all 15 games, primarily on special teams… Had 10 total tackles (4 solo), to go with one blocked punt… Blocked a punt, which was returned for a touchdown by Bryce Maginley, in the FCS quarterfinals against Sam Houston State (Dec. 9)… Had a season-high two tackles in three games, which included two solo stops versus Elon (Nov. 19)... CAA Football Academic All-Conference Team.
High School: First Team All-Mecka 4A Conference as a senior… Led Huskies in interceptions as a senior... Helped Hough to quarterfinals of North Carolina 4AA playoffs as a junior and senior… Part of Hough’s 2015 Mecka 4A Conference championship team which went 11-2... Dual-sport athlete who also ran track, setting school record in 200-meter dash.
Personal: Full name is Adam Mitchell Smith... Son of Sidney and Gretchen Smith... Has a brother, Joshua, and sister, Lauren... Majoring in engineering.
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