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DJ Smith
Jersey Number 33

DJ Smith

  • Position:
    RB
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Dallas, Texas
  • High School:
    Frisco Lone Star
EMU: 2022: Participated in two games...2021: Earned Academic All-MAC honors...Appeared in seven games in 2021...Rushed seven times for a career-best 38 yards...Had a personal-best 7.6 yards per carry average during the campaign...Also brought in one reception...Ran for a season-best 26 yards against Northern Illinois (Oct. 2)...2020: Joined the EMU program as an incoming recruit...Did not play in 2019 after originally committing to San Jose State...Saw time in four games for the Green and White in 2020...Rushed 18 times for 18 yards, including a season-best carry of four yards against Toledo (Nov. 18)…Finished with 17 all purpose yards against the Rockets…Had 26 receiving yards against UT, a season-high…HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Frisco Lone Star High School and played under Head Coach Jeff Rayburn as a Ranger...Rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports...One of the top-100 high school players in the Dallas Metroplex for the 2018 season according to the Dallas Morning News...Listed as the No. 38 best prospect and the No. 2 running back in the publication’s February 6 editions...Named to the Waco Tribune Herald’s Top-100 high school players for 2018...While at Lone Star, posted a 46-9 record, a 27-2 mark in league action, and played for the 2015 5A-D2 state championship...Gained 2,520 yards on 437 carries and scored 34 rushing touchdowns in his four varsity seasons...Caught 51 passes for 604 yards and returned 13 kickoffs for 273 yards and one touchdown...Was the 2017 District 13-5A Special Teams Most Valuable Player and the district’s 2016 co-Offensive Newcomer of the Year...In 2015, he tallied 156 rushing yards and four touchdowns in the second round of the playoffs as a rookie starter on a team bound for the Class 5A state championship game...Concluded his high school football career playing for USA Football’s Under-19 national team in the 2019 International Bowl...Participated in track and field as a sprinter and long jumper...PERSONAL: Full name: Darrin M. Smith...Son of Darrin Smith and Chandra Scott...Has a sister, Ciarre...Aviation major.
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