Career Highs
* 3 receptions vs. Ohio State, 2022
* 129 receiving yards vs. Ohio State, 2022
* 1 receiving TD vs. five teams (recent: UAB, 2023)
* Long reception of 76 yards vs. Ohio State, 2022

2023: Recorded two receptions for 50 yards, including a 37-yard catch in win over Ball State...caught 12-yard touchdown pass in win over UAB...included on Senior Bowl Watch List.
2022: Saw his first action of the season in win at Missouri...caught one pass for a 7-yard gain...missed the first four games because of injury...also played in wins over Auburn, Vanderbilt, Florida, Tennessee, Miss. State and Kentucky...caught a 52-yard pass in win over the Vols...caught one pass for seven yards in SEC Championship Game vs. LSU...had three catches for 129 yards, the longest going 76 yards, with one touchdown in win over Ohio State in the CFP Semifinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl...credited one catch for three yards in CFP National Championship Game win over TCU.
2021: Played in four of 15 games...returned from a 4-game absence to catch a 35-yard TD pass vs. Missouri...also had one rush for 15 yards in the game...caught two passes for 67 yards in win over UAB, including a career-long 61 yarder for a TD...saw action as a reserve WR in Georgia's season-opening win over #3 Clemson...caught one pass for six yards vs. the Tigers...started for the Black squad in the annual G-Day spring game...competed in his first-ever collegiate track meet at the SEC outdoors, where he finished 8th in the 100 meters (wind-aided 10.18) and ran leadoff on the Bulldogs’ school record-setting 4x100-meter relay effort (39.02)...also ran leadoff on the 4x100 relay team in finishing second at the NCAA outdoor meet (school-record time of 38.54).
2020: Redshirted...played in each of the last four games of the season...first career catch was a 31-yarder for a Bulldog touchdown vs. South Carolina...caught a 55-yarder in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Cincinnati.
High School: Lakeland HS, coached by Bill Castle...selected to participate in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect...ranked as the #14 wide receiver nationally, the #58 overall prospect nationally and the #13 prospect in Florida...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #6 wide receiver nationally, #25 overall prospect nationally and #16 prospect in Florida...rivals.com four-star prospect, #9 wide receiver nationally, #147 overall prospect nationally and #27 prospect in Florida...PrepStar magazine Top 150 Dream Team, #11 WR, #57 prospect nationally….as a senior, helped lead Lakeland to 12 straight wins and a 44.9 point-per-game average before falling in the regional finals of the 2019 FHSAA Class 7A state playoffs...hauled in 19 catches for 382 receiving yards and six touchdowns his senior season, averaging 20.1 yards per reception...competed at the Adidas 7-on-7 National Championship with Team Tampa and was a standout according to 247Sports.com...named the 2018 Small School Defensive Player of the Year by The Ledger his junior season at Mulberry HS before transferring to Lakeland HS for his senior season...converted to wide receiver full-time his senior season, after playing a mix of running back, quarterback, receiver and defensive back at Mulberry...Notched 45 tackles, two interceptions on defense, and ran for 705 yards with eight touchdowns on offense...took 73 carries for 830 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns as a sophomore...world-class junior sprinter who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump for the Mulberry track and field team...won the FHSAA Class 2A state title in the 200 meters and finished second in the 100 meters...also won the boys elite 100 meters race at the 2019 Nike Elite Prefontaine Classic.
Personal: Full name ARIAN RYSHAUN SMITH...Major: Housing Management & Policy...recipient of the Harriet Reppard Evans Scholarship.

Arian Smith