Linebacker, Baylor (from Liberty), 2022–23
Mike Smith Jr.
Lettered 2023 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 40
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Class (2023)
- Fifth-year
- Hometown
- Flora, MS
Mike Smith Jr. played linebacker at Liberty (2022) and Baylor (2023).
Career highs
9tackles, career hightwice; last vs. New Mexico State, 2022Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
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
2023 Baylor 5 games, 24 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Texas State | L 31–42 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Utah | L 13–20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Long Island University | W 30–7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Texas | L 6–38 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at UCF | W 36–35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Liberty 11 games, 59 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Southern Miss | W 29–27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. UAB | W 21–14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Wake Forest | L 36–37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Akron | W 21–12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Old Dominion | W 38–24 | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 8 | at Massachusetts | W 42–24 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Gardner-Webb | W 21–20 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | vs. BYU | W 41–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Arkansas | W 21–19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 22–23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. New Mexico State | L 14–49 | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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