Smith played high school football for the Southside High School Rebels of Muncie, Indiana, earning four letters. He helped team to an 8–4 record and was named all-state his senior year. He also helped the team advance to the sectional finals as a junior and senior. Smith earned All-Olympic Athletic Conference honors his junior and senior seasons. He passed for 2,459 yards and 20 touchdowns while rushing for 1,724 yards and 28 touchdowns as a senior. He set school records for most passing yards in a game, season and career. He also set the school record for most career touchdowns in rushing and passing. Smith played baseball for the Rebels, recording a .429 batting average his senior year.[2]
College careeredit
Smith played for the Ball State Cardinals of Ball State University from 2010 to 2013. He was redshirted in 2009. He accumulated career totals of 1,988 kickoff return yards, 173 receptions and seventeen receiving touchdowns. Smith earned All-Mid-American Conference Second Team honors as a kick returner in 2013. He also garnered All-MAC Third Team recognition as a wide receiver and punt returner in 2013. He earned All-MAC First Team honors as a wide receiver as well as All-MAC Third Team recognition as a punt and kick returner in 2012. Smith also garnered All-MAC Second Team accolades in 2011.[2]
Professional careeredit
Smith was signed by the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on May 29, 2014.[3] He was released by the Redblacks on June 19, 2015.[4] He was signed to the Redblacks' practice roster on October 20 and promoted to the team's active roster on October 23, 2015.[5]
Smith signed with the Georgia Firebirds of the National Arena League (NAL) on June 1, 2017.[6] He played in 3 games for the Firebirds in 2017, catching 8 passes for 70 yards and 1 touchdown. He also returned 2 kicks for 54 yards.[7]
He signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on August 20, 2017.[8] Over two seasons he appeared in 9 games, primarily used as a punt and kick returner.
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jamill, smith, jamill, amin, smith, born, february, 1991, former, american, football, wide, receiver, played, college, football, ball, state, born, 1991, february, 1991, muncie, indiana, career, informationcfl, statusamericanposition, wrheight5, weight155, col. Jamill Amin Smith born February 23 1991 is a former American football wide receiver He played college football at Ball State 1 Jamill SmithNo Born 1991 02 23 February 23 1991 age 33 Muncie Indiana U S Career informationCFL statusAmericanPosition s WRHeight5 ft 6 in 168 cm Weight155 lb 70 kg CollegeBall StateHigh schoolMuncie IN SouthsideCareer historyAs player2014 2016Ottawa Redblacks2017Georgia Firebirds2017 2018Edmonton Eskimos2019Montreal Alouettes2019Edmonton EskimosCareer highlights and awardsGrey Cup champion 2016 Career statsPlaying stats at CFL ca Contents 1 Early years 2 College career 3 Professional career 4 References 5 External linksEarly years editSmith played high school football for the Southside High School Rebels of Muncie Indiana earning four letters He helped team to an 8 4 record and was named all state his senior year He also helped the team advance to the sectional finals as a junior and senior Smith earned All Olympic Athletic Conference honors his junior and senior seasons He passed for 2 459 yards and 20 touchdowns while rushing for 1 724 yards and 28 touchdowns as a senior He set school records for most passing yards in a game season and career He also set the school record for most career touchdowns in rushing and passing Smith played baseball for the Rebels recording a 429 batting average his senior year 2 College career editSmith played for the Ball State Cardinals of Ball State University from 2010 to 2013 He was redshirted in 2009 He accumulated career totals of 1 988 kickoff return yards 173 receptions and seventeen receiving touchdowns Smith earned All Mid American Conference Second Team honors as a kick returner in 2013 He also garnered All MAC Third Team recognition as a wide receiver and punt returner in 2013 He earned All MAC First Team honors as a wide receiver as well as All MAC Third Team recognition as a punt and kick returner in 2012 Smith also garnered All MAC Second Team accolades in 2011 2 Professional career editSmith was signed by the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League CFL on May 29 2014 3 He was released by the Redblacks on June 19 2015 4 He was signed to the Redblacks practice roster on October 20 and promoted to the team s active roster on October 23 2015 5 Smith signed with the Georgia Firebirds of the National Arena League NAL on June 1 2017 6 He played in 3 games for the Firebirds in 2017 catching 8 passes for 70 yards and 1 touchdown He also returned 2 kicks for 54 yards 7 He signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on August 20 2017 8 Over two seasons he appeared in 9 games primarily used as a punt and kick returner He signed with the Montreal Alouettes on September 24 2019 9 References edit Baines Tim 150 pounds of can do ottawasun com Archived from the original on August 29 2015 Retrieved August 8 2014 a b Jamill Smith ballstatesports com Archived from the original on August 29 2015 Retrieved August 29 2015 Horder Gord May 30 2014 Two players are added two are released leaving the Redblacks preseason roster at 84 montrealgazette com Archived from the original on August 10 2014 Retrieved August 8 2014 REDBLACKS Release Seven ottawaredblacks com June 19 2015 Archived from the original on June 23 2015 Retrieved June 23 2015 Transactions cfl ca Archived from the original on November 9 2015 Retrieved November 9 2015 Transactions nationalarenaleague com Archived from the original on June 28 2017 Retrieved June 28 2017 Georgia Firebirds thestatguys com Archived from the original on August 21 2017 Retrieved August 21 2017 TRANSACTIONS esks com Archived from the original on August 21 2017 Retrieved August 21 2017 Checking Down News and notes from Week 16 CFL ca 2019 09 25 Retrieved 2019 09 26 External links editOttawa Redblacks bio College stats NFL Draft Scout Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jamill Smith amp oldid 1196101656, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
