Jovan Smith

Position:
Running Back
Height:
6-0
Weight:
200
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Springfield, Va.
High School:
Flint Hill School

2012: Started the first six games of the seaosn before suffering career-ending injury at Villanova ... Ran for 320 yards and four touchdowns on 49 carries ... Averaged 6.5 yards a carry ... Also had six receptions for 77 yards ... Rushed for 94 yards on 11 carries, including a 50 yard touchdown scamper in victory at VMI ... Also had 94 yards on 11 carries in win over Gardner-Webb ... Rushed for 71 yards on six carries, including a 45-yard touchdown run in win at Villanova ... Ran the ball 12 times for 43 yards and a touchdown at Georgia State ... Also caught three balls for 47 yards ... Caught two passes for 20 yards while rushing the ball five times for nine yards against No. 4 Old Dominion ... Four carries for nine yards at Virginia ...

2011: Did not see action ...

2010: Played in nine games (missed Coastal Carolina and New Hampshire games with injury) ... Finished with 58 carries for 266 yards and a touchdown ... Had a breakout performance versus Delaware, carrying the ball 10 times for 102 yards and four catches for 11 yards ... Matched his career-high of 10 carries and was the Spiders' second-leading rusher with 76 yards in the Towson win ... Scored his first college TD in the Towson victory... Set a new career-high with 16 carries for 41 yards at Villanova ... Saw action at QB in the Spiders' Wildcat package and was two-for-two for 16 yards on the year ...

2009: Redshirted ...

High School: Helped lead Flint Hill School to the Virginia Private School championship game as a senior, rushing for over 1,000 yards from the QB position ... Flint Hill fell to Collegiate, 14-7, in the title game ... Tabbed the Sun Gazette Offensive Player of the Year and was a First Team All-Conference and All-Area pick, along with Honorable Mention All-State ... Second Team All-State pick as a junior after throwing for over 1,000 yards ... Selected as the 2007 Virginia Private School Player of the Year ...

Personal: Son of Marlene Smith.