Derrick Smith

Position:
Wide Receiver
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 195
Class:
Senior
High School:
Dillard

Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week

(Sept. 19, 2005)

2007 (Junior): Started the first eight games of the season at wide receiver before missing the final four games with a hand injury...Led the team in receiving yards and tied for the team lead in receiving touchdowns, while placing second in total receptions...Was tops among Cajuns with a 72.9 yards-per-game receiving average and 16.7 yards-per-reception...Caught at least three passes in each game to extend receiving streak to 18 games...Had team-high honors in receiving yards in seven games...Also led or tied for team lead in receptions in seven games...Posted back-to-back games with 99 receiving yards vs. Ohio and McNeese...Had a career-long 53-yard reception at UCF prior to scoring on a 28-yard touchdown pass...Boasted a six-yard rush at UCF and returned a kickoff 86 yards down to the three-yard line at UCF... Blocked a punt vs. McNeese and then scored on the next play via an 18-yard pass...Opened the scoring vs. NT thanks to a 24-yard TD reception...Led the Cajuns in kickoff return average with 22.8 yards-per-return...Had four kickoff returns for 142 yards at UCF...Named Cajuns Offensive Player of the Week vs. Troy and at UCF...Honored as Cajuns Special Forces Player of the Week at UCF.

2006 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 12 games, starting nine at wide receiver...Led the team in receptions and receiving yards with 2.5 times more catches and yards than the next best receiving total...Posted season bests with seven catches for 102 yards and a touchdown vs. North Texas...Snapped the Cajuns streak of 19 games without a 100-yard receiver...Named Cajuns Offensive Player of the Week at Troy and vs. North Texas...Had a catch in 11 games and at least two catches in nine games...Posted four or more receptions in five of the final six games...Made 32 catches for 452 yards in seven Sun Belt games...Attempted two rushes during the season, including an eight-yard run in the season finale vs. ULM.

2005 (Freshman): Played in all 11 games at wide receiver...Earned first career start at Middle Tennessee...Third on the team with 22 receptions for 250 yards...Caught two of the Cajuns three touchdown passes...Had six rushing attempts, including two rushing touchdowns...Had five catches for 64 yards and two touchdowns and a seven-yard touchdown run vs. Northwestern State to earn SBC Offensive Player of the Week...Notched a season-best six catches for 78 yards in the season-opener at second-ranked Texas...Recorded 16 receptions for 195 yards thru the first three games of the season...Caught at least one pass in eight games...Had one rushing attempt in six different games, including a season-best 14-yard run at North Texas...Scored on a 13-yard run vs. FIU.

Dillard: Ranked in Florida’s Top 100 high school prospects...Played running back as a junior, rushing for 700 yards and catching 25 passes for 590 yards...Scored nine touchdowns...Moved to wide receiver as a senior and finished with 24 catches and 12 receiving touchdowns.

Personal: Full name is Derrick Lamont Smith...Born January 17, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...Son of Stephanie Smith...Has one younger sister, Breanna Bolden...Was recruited by Coach Jenkins, who is a 1989 Dillard graduate.’