Position(s) WR Weight 63 kg | CFL status International Height 1.73 m Status Active Name Jamill Smith | |
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Date of birth (1991-02-23) February 23, 1991 (age 24) Profiles | ||
High school Muncie (IN) Southside Parents Ashanti Smith, Mia Morton | ||
Ball state sports link the jamill smith story
Jamill Amin Smith (born February 23, 1991) is an American football wide receiver for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Ball State.
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Ball state sports link the jamill smith story
Early years
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.
College career
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.
Professional career
Smith was signed by the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on May 29, 2014. He was released by the Redblacks on June 19, 2015. He was signed to the Redblacks' practice roster on October 20 and promoted to the team's active roster on October 23, 2015.
Smith signed with the Georgia Firebirds of the National Arena League (NAL) on June 1, 2017. 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.
He signed with the Edmonton Eskimos on August 20, 2017.