Marino's Take:
The Running Backs  2007: Named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List ... Earned preseason first team All-Conference USA honors ... Opened the season with a career-high 217-yard effort in the 25-23 victory over NC State (Sept. 1) ... His rushing total was the second-highest in the nation during the opening weekend of the season ... On the game's opening play, raced 80 yards for a touchdown, marking the longest rush in UCF history ... Finished the game with a career-high 35 rushes and moved up to fourth on the UCF career rushing charts with 2,329 yards.
2006: His 2,112 rushing yards through two seasons are the most by a sophomore in school history ... Started all nine games he appeared in at tailback and had three of the Top 20 single-game rushing performances in UCF history ... Was named a second-team All-Conference USA performer by the league's head coaches and third-team member by the league's media ... Average of 103.8 rushing yards per game was third in C-USA and his total of 934 yards rushing, ranked sixth ... In league games, put up an impressive average of 126.00 ypg on the ground, a total that ranked second ... All four of his 100-yard rushing games last season came in C-USA contests.
2005: Finished as the nation's second-leading true freshman rusher with 1,178 yards ... set UCF school record for most rushing yards by a true freshman ... ended the season third in school history in single-season rushing yards ... finished the season with 249 attempts, the second-highest amount in single-season history at UCF.
High School: Three-year letter winner at Southridge High School in Miami ... coached by Rodney Hunter ... two-year all-Dade County selection as both a running back and free safety ... academic honor roll student ... tallied four interceptions and 53 tackles during senior season ... scored a touchdown on both a punt return and fumble recovery as a senior ... rushed for 1,125 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior.
Personal: Smith is the son of Mario and Pam Smith ... a liberal studies major.
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