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2006 Football Roster

87 Samuel Smith

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 248
  • Position Tight End
  • Class Senior
  • High School Gulliver Prep

Biography

John Mackey Award Watch List

Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference

2005 (Junior): A prototypical tight end...coaches believe he has the talent and ability to pay at the next level...a second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection who ranked third on the team with 35 receptions for 302 yards and a touchdown despite playing in only eight games...ranked sixth in the league with 3.89 receptions per game...recorded eight catches for 98 yards vs. North Texas (10/15)...also had seven receptions at nationally-ranked Texas Tech (9/10) and Arkansas State (9/24)...sprained MCL sidelined him for the last three games of the season but came back and impressed during spring drills...86 career catches rank him best all-time among FIU tight ends and fourth on the school all-time list, as are his 925 receiving yards.

 

2004 (Sophomore): Ranked third on the team with 42 receptions and his 12.1 yards per reception ranked third highest on the team among those who caught 10-or-more passes...51.0 all-purpose yards were fourth best on the team...recorded four touchdowns on the year...caught 10 balls in the opener at Youngstown State (9/11), which set a new school record for single-game receptions, for 131 yards?his first-ever 100-plus-yard game...caught at least two passes in every game the rest of the year...had six receptions for 76 yards at Louisiana-Monroe (10/16) and pulled in five passes in games versus nationally-ranked Stephen F. Austin (10/9) and Western Kentucky (11/20)...caught a season-long 29-yard pass and scored a touchdown against Georgia Southern (11/13)...forced to make three tackles on the year.

 

2003 (Freshman): True freshman who saw action in 11 games and got the start against Holy Cross (10/25)... made nine catches on the year for 113 yards, an average of 12.6 yards per grab...scored a touchdown on a six-yard reception from quarterback David Tabor vs. Jacksonville (10/30)...had his career-long 33-yard catch versus I-A Troy (10/18)...Honor Roll Student for spring 2004.

 

Gulliver Prep: A first-team 3A-1A all-county performer who was a two-way starter his junior and senior years at Gulliver Prep for head coach Steve Howey...caught 23 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns as a senior tight end and made 93 tackles with seven sacks and two fumble recoveries as a defensive end...Raiders’ 2002 team MVP in football...also played basketball, averaging 9.6 points per game in his final season...as a tenth grader at Miami Palmetto H.S., selected his basketball team’s MVP...earned the Spanish Award and qualified for the Honor Roll both years at Gulliver.

 

Personal: Born May 18, 1985...chose FIU over interest shown by Wisconsin, Rutgers, Colorado State and South Florida...son of Samuel and Patrian Smith...Sports Management major.

 

 

Rushing

Receiving

Year

No.

Yds

Avg.

TD

Long

Rec

Yds

Avg

TD

Long

2003

0

0

0.0

0

0

9

113

12.6

1

33

2004

0

0

0.0

0

0

42

510

12.1

3

29

2005

0

0

0.0

0

0

35

302

8.6

1

30

Totals

0

0

0.0

0

0

86

925

10.8

5

33

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 87

    2003Freshman

    Tight End
    6'3" 235 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2004Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'3" 252 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2005Junior

    Tight End
    6'3" 253 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2006Senior

    Tight End
    6'3" 248 lbs
    87