2019 Football Roster

Riley Smith celebrates a touchdown in Boise State's win over San Jose State.
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Riley Smith celebrates touchdown
Nate Potter wraps his arm around Riley Smith while walking off the field.
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2019 Headshot of Riley Smith
Jersey Number 3

Riley Smith

  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    214
  • Class:
    Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown:
    St. Augustine, Fla.
  • High School:
    Bartram Trail HS
CAREER HONORS
  • Campbell Trophy Semifinalist (2023)
  • 2x National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2022-23, 2023-24)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022)
  • 5x Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 4x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

SIXTH YEAR (2023)
Honors: National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society...Campbell Trophy Semifinalist…Academic All-Mountain West.
Top Highlights: Appeared in 11 games, making eight starts…caught 11 passes for 113 yards…scored a 2-yard receiving touchdown against San Jose State (Oct. 7)…had a season-long 32-yard reception in the MW Championship win over UNLV (Dec. 2)...Academic All-Mountain West.
 
RS SENIOR (2022)
Honors: National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District…Academic All-Mountain West…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Top Highlights: Played in 11 games, including 10 starts...recorded career highs in receptions (25) and yards receiving (214)...caught four passes in season opener at Oregon State (Sept. 3)...two receptions for 20 yards, including a touchdown, vs. Colorado State (Oct. 29)...four catches for 41 yards vs. Fresno State in the MW Championship (Dec. 3).
 
RS JUNIOR (2021)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Top Highlights: Started all 11 games in which he appeared…garnered 86 yards receiving and a touchdown on eight catches…grabbed his lone touchdown catch of the season and second of his career on a two-yard pass against Wyoming (Nov. 12).
 
RS SOPHOMORE (2020)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Top Highlights: Appeared in all seven games, starting each of the last five...made his first-career reception, for 16 yards, against Utah State (Oct. 24)...ran three times for 35 yards at Air Force (Oct. 31)...had a career-high five catches for 39 yards against BYU (Nov. 6)...scored his first-career touchdown, on a five-yard reception, against Colorado State (Nov. 12)...caught two balls for 27 yards at Hawai'i (Nov. 21).
 
RS FRESHMAN (2019)
Honors: Academic All-Mountain West…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
Top Highlights: Appeared in 10 games, but did not record a stat...made switch to tight end early in the season.
 
FRESHMAN (2018)
Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-star prospect according to ESPN, 247sports and Rivals...named to the Florida Times-Union Super 11 Team, and to the paper’s All-First Coast Second Team in 2017...completed 63.9 percent of his passes, throwing for 1,495 yards and 18 touchdowns, and ran for 633 yards and eight scores as a senior at Bartram Trail...helped Bears to 11-4 record and an appearance in the Florida Class 7A title game, where the team fell to Venice...the title-game appearance was the first in school history...threw for a touchdown and ran for 91 yards in Bartram Trail’s state semifinal victory over Tampa Plant...was a three-year varsity athlete...threw for 1,122 yards and 11 touchdowns while completing 65.9 percent of his passes as a junior in 2016...also rushed for 340 yards and two touchdowns...saw action in four varsity games as a sophomore, throwing for 194 yards and two touchdowns.
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