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Jersey Number 37
Garrison Smith
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Norwalk, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Ohio State | McNeese | Akron
- High School:
- Norwalk
- Major:
- Business
At Florida Atlantic
Redshirt Senior (2025)
At Akron
Redshirt Junior (2024)
Redshirt Sophomore (2023)
Freshman (2021)
Redshirt Senior (2025)
- Joined the Owls in January of 2025
- Named to preseason Phil Steele Magazine All-AAC Third Team and Athlon Sports All-AAC Fourth Team
- Connected on the Owls' lone PAT attempt in the season opener versus Maryland
- Made good on two field goal attempts one a 29-yarder, the other a 48 yarder and was perfect on six PATs in the Owls' 561-14 win over FAMU
- Hit both FGA, a 27 yarder and a 29 yarder while adding two PATs versus Memphis
- Credited with nine points in the Owls' 27-21 win over Rice, with three PATs and two field goals, one for 36 yards and a second for 26 yards
- Recorded eight points on five PATs and a 28-yard field goal in the Owls' 53-33 win over UAB
- Credited with seven points at No. 19 South Florida, including one PAT, a 45-yard FG and a 28-yard FG
- Attempted three punts, making kicks from 30 and 38 yards and missing a 49-yarder wide right while adding two PATs at an undefeated Navy
- Added to his team leading point total with 35 and 20 yard field goals and added an additional four PATs in the Owls' 40-21 win over Tulsa
- Recorded a 25-yard field goal, the 45th FG of his collegiate career, and added one PAT at Tulane
- Called into action six times for PATs, running his total to 36-for-36 on the season, and made one of his two field goal attempts versus UConn, connecting on a 49-yarder
- In his final collegiate game, he recorded a 33-yard field goal versus ECU
At Akron
Redshirt Junior (2024)
- Connected on three field goals at Kent State
- Longest FG of the year was a 49-yarder at Ohio
- Served as the team’s primary field goal kicker hitting 81.25% of his attempts and 6 of 8 beyond 40 yards
- Made good on 13 of 16 attempts
Redshirt Sophomore (2023)
- Appeared in 10 games
- Was 8-of-10 on field goals
- Made 80 percent of his kicks
- Had a season-long of 50-yards
- Attempted 37 kickoffs for 2,054 yards, averaged 55.5 yards
- Appeared in 11 games
- Had seven punts for 283 yards
- Averaged 40.43 yards per punt
- Had a long of 59 yards
- Went 10-of-11 on field goals
- Made 90.9 percent of his kicks
- Hit a season-long of 47 yards
- Attempted 44 kickoffs for 2,702 yards
- Averaged 61.4 yards
Freshman (2021)
- Walked onto the Ohio State Buckeye football team
- Retained his eligibility by redshirting
- Played for Head Coach Todd Fox
- First Team All-State 2020
- First Team All-Ohio 2019, 2020
- Honorable Mention All-Ohio 2018
- First Team All-District 2019, 2020
- Second Team All-District 2018
- First Team All-Conference 2018, 2019, 2020
- Second Team All-Conference 2017
- Rated by Kornblue Kicking as the No. 10 kicker and No. 12 punter in the country for the class of 2021
- Finished his high school career with 32 field goals made, including four of 50 yards or more
- Had a career-long of 57 yards, which is the fifth-longest field goal in Ohio High School Athletic Association history
- 250 career points, fourth-most in OHSAA history
- Born on December 3, 2002
- Son of David and Kelly Smith
- Has one sister, Samantha
- Majoring in business
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