Quarterback, Florida Atlantic, 2006–⁠09

Rusty Smith

Number: No. 11
Height: 6′5″
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Born: Jan 28, 1987

Rusty Smith played quarterback at Florida Atlantic (2006–⁠09). The Tennessee Titans took Smith in round 6, No. 176 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Best season: 3,688; Passing yards, 2007 (Florida Atlantic, 8–⁠5)
Best game: 463 yards; Vs. Minnesota, week 3, 2007: No. 2 passing game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 176; Round 6, 2010 NFL Draft (Tennessee Titans)

463passing yards, career highvs. Minnesota, 2007 5touchdown passes, career highthree times; last vs. Florida International, 2008

Honors

2007Sun Belt Player of the Year

Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2007

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

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

1,285

3,688

3,224

1,915

5–⁠78–⁠57–⁠65–⁠7

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2006*	Florida Atlantic	108	194	55.7	1,285	6.6	6	8
2007*	Florida Atlantic	281	479	58.7	3,688	7.7	32	9
2008*	Florida Atlantic	234	435	53.8	3,224	7.4	24	14
2009	Florida Atlantic	145	253	57.3	1,915	7.6	14	5
Career		768	1,361	56.4	10,112	7.4	76	36

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2006*	Florida Atlantic	25	−110	−4.4	0	3
2007*	Florida Atlantic	39	−116	−3.0	2	3
2008*	Florida Atlantic	37	−82	−2.2	2	18
2009	Florida Atlantic	14	−27	−1.9	1	17
Career		115	−335	−2.9	5	18

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2006	Florida Atlantic	11	QB
2007	Florida Atlantic	11	QB
2008	Florida Atlantic	11	QB
2009	Florida Atlantic	11	QB	6′5″

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

2009 Florida Atlantic 7 games, 1,915 passing yards, 14 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 5	atNebraska	L 3–⁠49	15	31	164	0	2	–
Sep 19	atSouth Carolina	L 16–⁠38	21	31	198	2	1	−23
Sep 26	vs.UL Monroe	L 25–⁠27	30	50	347	2	0	−7
Oct 3	vs.Wyoming	L 28–⁠30	17	28	235	1	0	−16
Oct 17	atNorth Texas	W 44–⁠40	21	40	308	3	0	30
Oct 24	atLouisiana	W 51–⁠29	18	28	359	4	0	–
Oct 31	vs.Middle Tennessee	L 20–⁠27	23	45	304	2	2	−11

2008 Florida Atlantic 13 games, 3,224 passing yards, 24 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 30	atTexas	L 10–⁠52	15	31	253	1	1	0
Sep 6	vs.UAB	W 49–⁠34	21	34	325	3	0	–
Sep 13	atMichigan State	L 0–⁠17	8	34	143	0	0	−23
Sep 20	atMinnesota	L 3–⁠37	17	34	153	0	4	−2
Sep 30	atMiddle Tennessee	L 13–⁠14	16	27	208	0	2	−16
Oct 7	vs.Troy	L 17–⁠30	21	41	283	1	2	−24
Oct 18	atWestern Kentucky	W 24–⁠20	15	23	174	1	0	10
Oct 25	atUL Monroe	W 29–⁠28	28	39	267	2	2	1
Nov 8	vs.North Texas	W 46–⁠13	15	23	237	4	1	10
Nov 15	vs.Louisiana	W 40–⁠29	17	26	290	4	0	−14
Nov 22	atArkansas State	L 14–⁠28	16	38	196	1	1	5
Nov 29	vs.Florida International	W 57–⁠50	25	50	389	5	1	−7
Dec 26 ✦	vs.Central Michigan	W 24–⁠21	20	35	306	2	0	−22

2007 Florida Atlantic 13 games, 3,688 passing yards, 32 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 27–⁠14	12	26	195	2	0	−18
Sep 8	atOklahoma State	L 6–⁠42	14	22	125	0	1	−11
Sep 15	vs.Minnesota	W 42–⁠39	27	44	463	5	0	−14
Sep 22	atNorth Texas	W 30–⁠20	21	45	322	1	0	−12
Sep 29	atKentucky	L 17–⁠45	15	25	184	1	1	−8
Oct 6	vs.South Florida	L 23–⁠35	23	47	259	3	1	−8
Oct 20	atLouisiana	W 39–⁠32	26	45	308	4	0	−18
Oct 27	vs.UL Monroe	L 30–⁠33	35	54	317	1	2	–
Nov 10	vs.Arkansas State	W 34–⁠31	22	42	268	3	2	−5
Nov 17	atFlorida	L 20–⁠59	18	33	290	1	0	−12
Nov 24	atFlorida International	W 55–⁠23	20	30	330	4	1	3
Dec 1	atTroy	W 38–⁠32	23	34	291	2	0	−5
Dec 21 ✦	vs.Memphis	W 44–⁠27	25	32	336	5	1	−8

2006 Florida Atlantic 11 games, 1,285 passing yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	atClemson	L 6–⁠54	9	21	104	0	0	−13
Sep 9	atKansas State	L 0–⁠45	4	11	46	0	1	−15
Sep 16	atOklahoma State	L 8–⁠48	10	15	107	0	1	−8
Sep 23	atSouth Carolina	L 6–⁠45	3	8	39	0	1	−24
Sep 30	atUL Monroe	W 21–⁠19	–	–	–	–	–	−15
Oct 12	vs.Southern Utah	W 32–⁠7	7	11	87	1	1	–
Oct 18	vs.Louisiana	L 0–⁠6	10	19	88	0	1	−2
Nov 4	atMiddle Tennessee	L 14–⁠35	18	30	223	1	1	0
Nov 11	vs.Troy	L 17–⁠24	24	37	312	2	2	−22
Nov 18	atNorth Texas	W 17–⁠16	10	22	101	0	0	−2
Nov 25	vs.Florida International	W 31–⁠0	13	20	178	2	0	−9

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

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2010
Height	6′5″
Weight	224 lb
40-yard dash	4.83 s
10-yard split	1.71 s^W
Vertical jump	23″
Broad jump	8′4″
3-cone drill	7.04 s
20-yard shuttle	4.61 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 3 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	Int
2010	Tennessee Titans	2	20	40	200	4
2012	Tennessee Titans	1	3	5	34	0
NFL career		3	23	45	234	4

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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At a glance

Career highs