2024 Football Roster

21 Hunter Smith

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 195
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Little Rock, Ark.
  • Highschool Joe T. Robinson

Biography

2024 (JUNIOR)
  • Named to Athlon All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team
2023 (SOPHOMORE)
  • Saw action in all 12 games
  • Amassed 634 yards (507 rushing, 71 receiving, 47 kickoff return)
  • Averaged 5.4 yards per carry
  • Leads the team in rushing yards (507) and rushing TDs (3)
  • Logged a touchdown vs. Army, vs. Lamar (9/9) and at Georgia Southern (10/21)
  • Posted career-high 103 yards vs. Army (9/2) on seven carries
  • Recorded a tackle at Ragin' Cajuns (11/25)
2022 (R-FRESHMAN)
  • Appeared in all 12 games
  • Tallied nine yards on two attempts, all vs. Nicholls (9/10)
  • Logged a tackle at Troy (11/19)
2021 (FRESHMAN)
  • Redshirted
  • Selected Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week twice in 2021 (vs. Georgia State and Texas State)
JOE T. ROBINSON HS
  • Three-year letterman and two-year starter for Coach Todd Eskola
  • 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
  • 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
  • Amassed a career-high 69 tackles, including seven for losses
  • 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
  • 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)
PERSONAL
  • Born Oct. 6, 2003
  • Son of Tametra Smith and Elliott Reese
CAREER HIGHS
Rushing yards: 103, vs. Army (9/2/23)
Rushing TDs: 1, three times, last at Georgia Southern (10/21/23)
Longest Rushing: 62, vs. Army (9/2/23)
Receiving yards: 28, vs. Troy (11/11/23)
Longest Kick Return: 19, vs. Army (9/2/23)
Total Tackles: 1, two times, last at Ragin' Cajuns (11/25/23)

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2021Freshman

    Running Back
    5'11" 176 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Running Back
    6'0" 179 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2023Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'11" 181 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2024Junior

    Running Back
    5'11" 195 lbs
    21