University of Richmond Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 2
Savon Smith
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Winchester, Va.
- High School:
- Millbrook
2023 (Redshirt Senior)
- Started all 13 games
- Recorded a career-high 708 yards on 153 carries and eight touchdowns
- Averaged 54.5 yards on the ground per game
- Rushed for 106 yards on 22 attempts at Stony Brook (09/23/23)
- Hauled in 41 receptions for 198 yards and a touchdown
- Threw four completions for 52 yards on six attempts, as well as a touchdown pass in the Capital Cup victory at William & Mary (11/18/23)
- Recorded two touchdowns against Campbell (10/28/23), Elon (11/11/23) and in the FCS First Round against N.C. Central (11/25/23)
- Logged 13 punt returns (146 yards) and three kick returns (48 yards)
- Recorded a touchdown on a 65 yard punt return against N.C. Central, the first of his career
- Played in 12 games at running back and kick/punt returner
- Ran for 562 yards on 109 carries
- Scored two touchdowns on the ground and three through the air
- Hauled in 30 receptions for 196 yards
- Threw a touchdown pass at Lehigh (Sept. 17)
- Returned 10 kicks for 148 yards including a long of 27
- Returned 22 punts for 155 yards including a long of 24
- Posted 125 receiving yards on 18 catches with one touchdown.Â
- Notched a season-high 74 rushing yards in a victory over Lehigh.
- Posted a season-high 27-yard run in a victory over Lehigh (Sept. 11).
- Notched 489 yards on 101 carries and three touchdowns.
- Played in 11 games.
- Played in all four games in the spring.Â
- Third on the team with 188 yards rushing on 40 carries, including one touchdown.Â
- Caught four passes for 23 yards.Â
- Rushed for 56 yards on 12 carries against William & Mary (March 6).
- Caught two passes against the Tribe for 10 yards.Â
- Rushed for 43 yards on 14 carries at Elon (March 13) while also adding one reception for six yards.Â
- Tallied 69 yards rushing for 10 yards against Elon (March 27) in the second matchup.Â
- Recorded a 44-yard rushing touchdown against the Phoenix.Â
- Rushed for 20 yards on four carries against James Madison (April 17) while catching one pass for seven yards.Â
- Played in all 12 games, including three starts against Stony Brook (Nov. 2), No. 2 James Madison (Nov. 16) and William & Mary (Nov. 23).
- Finished third on the team in rushing with 271 yards on 53 carries, averaging 5.1 yards per carry.
- Rushed for a career-high 79 yards on seven carries against Villanova (No. 9), including a season-best 50-yard run.
- Tallied 11 carries in the season finale against William & Mary and added 10 carries for 66 yards against Boston College (Sept. 7).
- Caught 17 passes for 145 yards, averaging 8.5 yards per catch.
- Posted a career-high 10 receptions for 99 yards against William & Mary.
- All 17 of his receptions came in the final five games of the year.
- Four-year letterwinner at Millbrook High School.
- Rushed for 3,242 yards in his high school career and 58 rushing touchdowns.
- Only played five games a senior due to injury, rushing 44 times for 412 yards and six touchdowns while catching 20 passes for 306 yards and two scores.
- Rushed for 663 (9.9 ypc) yards on 70 carries with 14 touchdowns on the ground as a junior.
- Added 52 receptions for 822 yards (15.8 ypc) and eight touchdowns through the air as a junior.
- Named the Winchester Star Offensive Player of the Year after his sophomore season.
- Rushing for 1,669 yards, averaging 13.4 yards per carry and scoring 26 touchdowns.
- Added 498 yards on 46 carries and 12 touchdowns as a freshman.
- Son of Kelly and Andrew Smith.
- Has four siblings – Paige Marsh, Tyrone Yates, Malik Smith and Jayson Jones.
Football Postgame vs Fordham
Saturday, November 01
Football Weekly Press Conference - October 29th
Wednesday, October 29
Football vs Holy Cross Postgame
Saturday, October 18
Inner Rampage: Peyton Seelmann
Thursday, October 16
