Second-year player adds depth at tailback . . . 2021 SEASON: Redshirted . . . selected Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week twice in 2021 (vs. Georgia State and Texas State) . . . HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS AND PERSONAL DATA: Three-year letterman and two-year starter for Coach Todd Eskola at Joe T. Robinson High School in Little Rock, Arkansas . . . named to the 2021 West Arkansas All-Star Team by the Arkansas Activities Association (all-star canceled due to COVID-19) . . . selected all-state as a senior after accounting for 1,080 all-purpose yards and 13 total touchdowns in 2020 . . . rushed 89 times for 592 yards (6.7 avg.) and seven TDs as a senior . . . caught 13 passes for 188 yards (14.3 avg.) and four scores . . . returned five kickoffs 257 yards (51.4 avg.) and two TDs . . . scored at least one TD in eight consecutive games; scored multiple TDs in five-straight games . . . two-way starter recorded 45 total tackles from his safety position, with 19 resulting in losses including six sacks (46 yards) . . . carried 14 times for 89 yards and two scores vs. Ashdown, including the game-winning 1-yard TD run in overtime; also matched his career high with 16 tackles, including nine for losses . . . registered three sacks for 32 yards vs. Malvern . . . rushed three times for 117 yards (39.0 avg.) and two TDs vs. Fountain Lake . . . returned a kickoff for a TD in his second consecutive game with his 100-yard runback vs. Marion . . . accounted for a season high-high 236 all-purpose yards vs. Maumelle (11 rushing attempts for 93 yards, one reception for 1 yard and three kickoff returns for 142 yards); scored on an 87-yard kickoff return . . . averaged 147.8 rushing yards per game as a junior while helping the Senators (14-1 overall) win the 2019 Class 4A state championship . . . set career highs for rushing attempts (190), rushing yards (1,922) and rushing TDs (19) as a junior; averaged 10.1 yards per carry . . . recorded eight 100-yard rushing games, including four 200-yard efforts . . . averaged 197.3 rushing yards over four playoff games (789 yards) . . . returned five kickoffs for 155 yards (32.0 avg.) and two TDs . . . scored multiple TDs in eight games as a junior; scored three TDs in four different games . . . finished the 2019 season with a career-best 2,240 all-purpose yards . . . also amassed a career-high 69 tackles, including seven for losses . . . posted double-figure tackles in three games, including a career-best 16 stops vs. Arkadelphia . . . ran 22 times for 213 yards and a TD in the state championship game vs. Shiloh Christian; also caught three passes for 52 yards, including a 31-yard TD reception late in the second quarter that gave the Senators the lead for good at 20-14 . . . his three other 200-yard rushing games came against Rogers (22 attempts for 239 yards and three TDs), Central Arkansas Christian (14 for a career-best 267 and three TDs; scored on TD runs of 59, 52 and 34) and Westside (22 for 214 and two scores) . . . produced a career-high 303 all-purpose yards vs. Rogers . . . returned the second-opening kickoff 87 yards for a TD vs. Springdale . . . his prep career totals include 2,838 rushing yards, 27 rushing TDs, 36 total TDs (five receptions and four kickoff returns) and 3,886 all-purpose yards . . . also competed in track and field for the Senators; ran a personal-record 11.43 in the 100 meters; member of two school record-setting relay teams (44.04 in the 4x100, 2019; 1:36.74 in the 4x200, 2018) . . . born Oct. 6, 2003 . . . son of Tametra Smith and Elliott Reese . . . undeclared major.

Hunter Smith