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• 2007 Sun Belt Player of the Year
• Mid-Season Phil Steele's Second-Team All-Sun Belt Conference Selection
• Four-Time SBC Offensive Player of the Week
• New Orleans Bowl MVP
• 21st Nationally in passing efficiency (141.63 2007)
• 29th Nationally in total offense (274.77 2007). Team was No. 16 in passing offense
• Palm Beach County Sports Commission's Amateur Athlete of the Year
• Holds FAU and Sun Belt records for 3,688 pass yards
• Holds the program's TDs in a game record at five
• Holds the single-season TD record at 32.
• Is 2nd on the All-Time FAU Pass List
• Holds the single season yards mark at 3688

New Orleans Bowl: Guided FAU to a 44-27 victory in the program's first bowl appearance...tossed five touchdowns to equal his single-game mark and set a New Orleans Bowl record.

2007: Tossed for two TDs in the season opener and led FAU to a 27-14 conference victory over Middle Tennessee...recorded 463 yards passing and five touchdowns against Minnesota for a record-setting game, which was the program's and Sun Belt Conference's first win against a Big 10 team...named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week and National Player of the Week by USAToday.com...followed up with a 30-20 victory over North Texas, 300 yards and one TD...earned Sun Belt Player of the Week for the second time in 2007 for his performance against USF...named to Phil Steele's Mid-Season All-Sun Belt Second Team...tossed four TD passes at Lafayette, including the game-tying pass to Cortez Gent with just seconds remaining...led the come-from-behind charge once again, this time against Arkansas State...had three TDs and his first career rushing TD against the Indians...tallied 290 yards, one TD pass and one on the ground against Florida...named SBC Offensive Player of the Week after FIU game...set FAU's single-season TD mark at 27 and single-season yards record...tossed two TDs and was 34-23 for 291 yards at Troy to secure Sun Belt championship...earned the game ball following his Minnesota effort...served as game captain at FIU.

2006: Schnellenberger announced Rusty Smith as the Owls' opening day starter..."It was a very close decision to make, almost as close as it could get," said Schnellenberger. "The fact that Rusty made such extraordinary progress in the spring and fall makes us think he's our best option out there." ...Smith had entered spring practice with a three-way race...following his start at Clemson, he moved into a back-up position... served in that role while averaging more than nine passes a game until an injury moved him back into the starting role, a position he held the remainder of the season...most productive game was against Troy in which he tossed 37 passes and connected 24 times for a season and career-high 312 yards, including two touchdowns...longest pass of the season was a 54-yarder to Frantz Simeon against Troy...tallied more than 100 passing yards in his last four games...averaged 203.5 yards in that span while holding interceptions to three. 2005 (Redshirt season): Had a strong first fall of practice...traveled with the team and worked with the coaches...split time starting under first team center in the spring.

High School: Ran the offensive unit for Adam Guies...completed 105 passes in 176 attempts for 1,800 yards and 21 touchdowns, with just three interceptions as a senior...started for the North in the Jacksonville Shrine All-Star Game...two-sport athlete (football and baseball).

Personal: Information management systems major...son of Russell and Melody Smith...born Jan. 28, 1987, in Jacksonville, FL.

FAU Career Passing Stats Year GMS Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long QB EFF. 2006 12 194-108-8 1285 6 54 107.1 2007 13 479-281-9 3688 32 74 141.63 Totals 25 673-389-17 4973 38 74

Career Passing Statistics
Year	GM/S	ATT-CMP-INT	YDS	TD	QB EFF.
2006	12	194-108-8	1285	6	107.1
2007	13	479-281-9	3688	32	141.63
Total	25	673-389-17	4973	38