2026 Senior

• Transferred to Illinois with one year of eligibility remaining 

2025 Junior (Chowan)

• Team captain
• Played in seven games at quarterback
• Threw for 1,088 yards and seven touchdowns on the season
• Completed 61.7 percent of his passes (87/141) on the season
• Rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns on the season
• Caught two touchdowns on the season
• Passed, rushed, and caught touchdowns in a single game against West Alabama (9/6/25)
• Conference Carolina Offensive Player of the Week in Week 0
• Conference Carolina/Gulf South All-Academic
• Served as a Christian Ministry Student chaplain and FCA leader

2024 Sophomore (Chowan)

• Team captain
• Played in nine games at quarterback
• Threw for 1,374 yards and eight touchdowns on the season
• Completed 58.3 percent of his passes (120/206) on the season
• Rushed for 397 yards and five touchdowns on the season
• Led the team in passing and rushing
• Career-high 316 passing yards against North Greenville (11/16/24)
• Career-high 136 rushing yards against Barton (9/14/24)
• Served as a Christian Ministry Student chaplain and FCA leader
• Gulf South All-Academic
• Deans List
• President List

2023 Redshirt Freshman (Long Island)

• Played in eight games
• Completed one pass for seven yards
• Caught two passes for seven yards on the season
• NEC Fall Commissioner's and Academic Honor Roll

2022 Freshman (Long Island)

• Played in two games and redshirted the season
• NEC Fall Commissioner's and Academic Honor Roll
• Made collegiate debut in fourth quarter of season opener at Toledo (9/1/22)

High School 

• Graduated with honors and associate of arts degree from Vero Beach (Fla.) High School in 2022
• Captained football team for three seasons
• Florida 8A Player of Year as senior
• Two-time all-state and three-time all-area
• Offensive All-State Player of Year finalist
• Twice earned team MVP honors
• Team won district championship in 2019 and 2020
• Set school's record for career completion percentage (76 percent) while throwing for nearly 6,000 yards and 66 touchdowns
• Threw for 43 touchdowns as senior
• Also played varsity baseball and basketball
• Previously attended Fort Pierce Westwood and Fort Pierce Central

Personal

• Son of Tenice Smith and Maurice Smith Sr.
• Two siblings, Micah and Christian
• Brother, Micah, plays football at Illinois
• Graduated with a degree in criminal justice from Long Island University
• Completed a master's degree in organizational leadership from Chowan University