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2021 Football Roster

Jay Metzger
Jay Metzger
Russ Cannon

23 Jared Smart

23 Jared Smart

  • Position:
    Wide Receiver
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 190
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Dublin, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Dublin HS
  • Prev School:
    Laney College

Summary

Biography

2021:

  • Started 10 out of 13 games this season
  • Finished third on the team in receiving yards (414) and fourth in receptions (26). 
  • Tallied two touchdowns and averaged 15.9 yards per catch.
  • Had season-best four catches for 96 yards and a touchdown against Portland State.
  • Pulled down a career-long 67-yard reception against Portland State and snatched a 50-yard touchdown reception against Wyoming. 
  • Selected to play in the Hula Bowl in Orlando, Fla. 
  • Finished in UH’s all-time top 20 in receiving yards (1,849).
  • Also enjoyed a string of 29 straight games with at least one reception during his UH career.

2020:

  • Earned all-Mountain West honorable mention.
  • Led the team in receptions (36) and second in receiving yards (320).
  • Had a season-best seven catches for 89 yards in a season-opening win at Fresno State.
  • Lone touchdown of the year came on a 4-yard catch vs. Boise State.
  • Also scored on key fourth-quarter two-point conversion vs. New Mexico with an astounding back-of-the-endzone catch.
  • Had a season-long 21-yard catch versus Nevada.
  • Started all nine games and has started all 24 games of his career.
  • Has caught a ball in all 24 games he has played in at UH with at least three catches in all but two of those games.
  • Named to the Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List.
2019 (Junior):
  • One of just four players on the team to start every game on the season.
  • Finished second on the team in receptions (87) and receiving yards (1,129).
  • Ranked fifth in the Mountain West in both receptions per game (5.8) and receiving yards per game (75.3). 
  • Averaged 13.0 yards per catch and scored five touchdowns.
  • Led the team with five 100-yard receiving games.
  • Posted 12 catches of 20 or more yards.
  • Had a season-high 11 catches for 140 yards vs. Air Force.
  • Tallied seven catches for a season-high 142 yards and two touchdowns in win over BYU in the SoFi Hawaii Bowl.
  • Scored touchdown catches of 7 and 40 yards and also had a season-long 58-yard reception versus the Cougars. 
  • One of just 16 players at UH to record 1,000 receiving yards in a season.
2019 Game-by-Game Statistics

Prior To UH:
  • Played two seasons at Laney College in Oakland, Calif.
  • Earned first team all-league honors in 2018.
  • Key member of a team that captured the school’s first-ever CCCAA state championship. 
  • Appeared in 13 games as a sophomore, hauling in 53 receptions for 634 yards and seven touchdowns.
  • Recorded two games of 100+ receiving yards against American River (153) and San Francisco (101).
  • As a freshman, played in six games for the Eagles, recording 17 receptions for 183 yards.
Prep:
  • A 2017 graduate of Dublin High School in California. 
  • A multi-sport athlete, playing two seasons each of football and basketball.
  • Earned All-North Coast Section honorable mention in football. 
  • Also helped school to a league basketball championship as a senior. 
Personal: 
  • Born in Bloomington, Ind.
  • Major is sociology.
  • Has one older brother.
  • Father is an assistant coach with the New York Knicks who is best remembered for hitting the game-winning shot in the 1987 NCAA basketball championship for Indiana. 
  • Parents are Jonathan Keith Smart and Carol Smart of Dublin, Calif.
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Historical Player Information

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    2019Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 190 lbs
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    2020Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 190 lbs
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    2021Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 190 lbs
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