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ASU: Fast player who lost no speed despite adding weight during the offseason...will provide solid depth at safety after getting three starts last year as a redshirt freshman...recognized as a Hard Hat Player for his work in ASU's winter strength and conditioning program.
2002: Played in 13 games, starting three...recorded 16 tackles, nine were solo efforts...notched two sacks for 18 yards...had one interception (vs. Stanford) and two pass breakups...recorded a sack in his first collegiate game (at Nebraska).
2001: Received the Glen Hawkins Scout Team Award as the top defensive scout player...redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2001 graduate of Phoenix's South Mountain High School...preseason and postseason all-region selection by PrepStar Magazine...two-way starter as a junior and senior...played out of position at defensive end and still made all-region on both sides of the ball...collected 12 quarterback sacks...as a running back, rushed for 900 yards and scored 16 touchdowns...competed in six track and field events as a junior...ran on state champion 400-meter relay squad as a junior...runs a 4.5 40-yard dash...vertical leaps 30.2...was a four-year letterwinner and captain in football and a three-year letterwinner and captain in track.
PERSONAL: Majoring in interdisciplinary studies (education and mass communication)...parents are Earl (painter) and Wanda (claims processor)...has two siblings, Kimberly and Michael Ross...born March 14, 1983 in Phoenix.
CAREER HIGHS: Unassisted Tackles: 4, at Washington State (11/2/02). Assisted Tackles: 4, vs. Eastern Washington (8/31/02). Total Tackles: 5, vs. Eastern Washington (8/31/02). Tackles for Loss: 1, twice, last vs. Washington (10/26/02).
Smith's Career Statistics
Year G/GS UT/AT TT TFL/Yds Sacks/Yds PB FF FR Int
2002 13/3 9/7 16 2/18 2/18 2 0 0 1
Smith's Game-by-Game Statistics
2002
Opp. AT UT TT TFL/Yds. Int. PB
at Nebraska 0 2 2 1/7 0 0
Eastern Washington 4 1 5 0/0 0 0
UCF 0 0 0 0/0 0 0
at San Diego St. -DNP-
Stanford 1 1 2 0/0 1 0
North Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oregon State 0 0 0 0 0 0
at Oregon 1 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 0 1 1 1/11 0 0
at Washington St. 0 4 4 0/0 0 1
California 1 0 1 0/0 0 0
at USC 0 0 0 0 0 1
at Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0
vs. Kansas State 0 0 0 0 0 0
