Punter, Cincinnati, 2017–⁠20

James Smith

Number: No. 37
Height: 6′5″
Weight: 235 lb
Class (2020): Senior
Hometown: Wangaratta, VIC

James Smith played punter at Cincinnati (2017–⁠20).

Team titles: American champions, 2020

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,688

2,750

3,053

1,754

4–⁠811–⁠2AP 2411–⁠3AP 219–⁠1AP 8

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2017	Cincinnati	64	2,688	42.0	65	0
2018	Cincinnati	59	2,750	46.6	72	23
2019	Cincinnati	72	3,053	42.4	59	13
2020	Cincinnati	40	1,754	43.9	60	20
Career		235	10,245	43.6	72	56

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Cincinnati	37	P	Fr.
2018	Cincinnati	37	P	So.
2019	Cincinnati	37	P	Jr.
2020	Cincinnati	37	P	Sr.	6′5″	235

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2020 Cincinnati 10 games, 40 punts, 43.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 19	vs.Austin Peay	W 55–⁠20	1	41	41	0
Sep 26	vs.Army	W 24–⁠10	5	231	52	3
Oct 3	vs.South Florida	W 28–⁠7	4	187	60	3
Oct 24	atSMU	W 42–⁠13	5	229	50	2
Oct 31	vs.Memphis	W 49–⁠10	4	162	46	4
Nov 7	vs.Houston	W 38–⁠10	4	174	50	2
Nov 13	vs.East Carolina	W 55–⁠17	2	80	47	1
Nov 21	atUCF	W 36–⁠33	4	164	56	2
Dec 19	vs.Tulsa	W 27–⁠24	3	134	47	2
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Georgia	L 21–⁠24	8	352	51	1

2019 Cincinnati 14 games, 72 punts, 42.4 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 29	vs.UCLA	W 24–⁠14	4	180	59	0
Sep 7	atOhio State	L 0–⁠42	8	335	48	0
Sep 14	vs.Miami (OH)	W 35–⁠13	5	199	44	0
Sep 28	atMarshall	W 52–⁠14	3	151	52	0
Oct 4	vs.UCF	W 27–⁠24	8	320	50	0
Oct 12	atHouston	W 38–⁠23	5	206	59	0
Oct 19	vs.Tulsa	W 24–⁠13	4	197	57	0
Nov 2	atEast Carolina	W 46–⁠43	4	180	48	1
Nov 9	vs.UConn	W 48–⁠3	2	86	43	1
Nov 16	atSouth Florida	W 20–⁠17	8	323	47	3
Nov 23	vs.Temple	W 15–⁠13	7	312	51	2
Nov 29	atMemphis	L 24–⁠34	4	180	52	0
Dec 7	atMemphis	L 24–⁠29	6	237	47	3
Jan 2 ✦	vs.Boston College	W 38–⁠6	4	147	48	3

2018 Cincinnati 13 games, 59 punts, 46.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 1	atUCLA	W 26–⁠17	8	347	52	5
Sep 8	atMiami (OH)	W 21–⁠0	8	368	63	0
Sep 15	vs.Alabama A&M	W 63–⁠7	2	95	57	1
Sep 22	vs.Ohio	W 34–⁠30	5	203	49	2
Sep 29	atUConn	W 49–⁠7	2	91	46	0
Oct 6	vs.Tulane	W 37–⁠21	5	247	63	0
Oct 20	atTemple	L 17–⁠24	6	314	72	3
Oct 27	atSMU	W 26–⁠20	4	192	53	1
Nov 3	vs.Navy	W 42–⁠0	3	134	51	2
Nov 10	vs.South Florida	W 35–⁠23	5	246	64	3
Nov 17	atUCF	L 13–⁠38	4	190	61	3
Nov 23	vs.East Carolina	W 56–⁠6	2	112	63	1
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Virginia Tech	W 35–⁠31	5	211	47	2

2017 Cincinnati 12 games, 64 punts, 42.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 31	vs.Austin Peay	W 26–⁠14	6	253	64
Sep 9	atMichigan	L 14–⁠36	10	373	49
Sep 16	atMiami (OH)	W 21–⁠17	4	170	45
Sep 23	atNavy	L 32–⁠42	3	119	42
Sep 30	vs.Marshall	L 21–⁠38	7	284	45
Oct 7	vs.UCF	L 23–⁠51	4	182	53
Oct 14	atSouth Florida	L 3–⁠33	7	293	50
Oct 21	vs.SMU	L 28–⁠31	2	84	47
Nov 4	atTulane	W 17–⁠16	5	208	48
Nov 10	vs.Temple	L 24–⁠35	5	188	50
Nov 18	atEast Carolina	L 20–⁠48	6	316	65
Nov 25	vs.UConn	W 22–⁠21	5	218	54

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2021 Senior Bowl (National team, won 27–⁠24).

Drill	Pro day 2021
Height	6′4¾″
Weight	231 lb
Arm length	32⅝″
Hand size	8⅞″
Broad jump	10′3″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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