Biography
Accolades
• 2025 Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll
• At Navy: A starter in 15 games during his career (0 Fr // 3 So // 12 Jr) ... enters the fall listed as a starter ... has earned 3 varsity letters.
• 2025: Member of the Mids’ starting offensive line unit that was named to the 2025 Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll ... a starter in 12 of the 13 contests ... helped Navy amass 524 yards of total offense in the win over South Florida ... it was the 4th time in which Navy reached the 500-yard mark, but the 524 yards were the most by the Mids since their opener against VMI (556) ... part of an offensive unit that allowed QB Blake Horvath to record a school-record 469 yards of total offense (399 pass, 130 rush) against Air Force, while Eli Heidenreich caught 3 touchdown passes and became the first player in program history to top 200 yards receiving with 243 yards on the day ... Heidenreich also broke the school record for career touchdowns, while tying the program record with is 3 receiving TDs ... anchored a line that allowed the Mids to amass 556 yards of total offense against VMI, including 464 yards on the ground ... helped pave the way for backup QB Braxton Woodson to rush for 180 yards on just 7 carries, the most yards rushing in 7 carries or less since LSU’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire ran for 188 yards on 6 carries against Arkansas on Nov. 23, 2019.
• 2024: A starter in the Mids’ final 3 games of the season ... helped pave the way for Navy to score 31 points in its win over Army, the second-most points scored against the Black Knights in 2024 ... also allowed Blake Horvath to become the first Navy QB to rush (196) and pass (107) for over 100 yards against Army since Keenan Reynolds did it in 2015 with 163 yards rushing and 113 yards passing ... additionally, Horvath accounted for 4 touchdowns against the Black Knights, the most TDs responsible for by a Navy player since Dec. 7, 2002, when Craig Candeto rushed for 6 TDs and passed for another in a 58-12 route over Army ... made his first-collegiate start (right guard) in the Mids’ road win at East Carolina ... Navy amassed 458 yards of total offense (293R / 165P) at East Carolina, the 3rd most this season ... part of an offensive line that allowed Navy to amass 438 total yards (264R / 173P) in the opener against Bucknell ... it marked the most yards by the Mids since their 510-yard day against SMU on Oct. 14, 2022 ... additionally, it was the first time Navy has thrown 3 touchdowns in a game since Nov. 2, 2017 (3 vs. Temple).
• 2023: Played in 7 contests, including each of the last 5 ... part of an offensive line that allowed QB Xavier Arline (10-11, 90.2) to break the school record for single-game completion percentage (min. 10 completions) against East Carolina, a mark that was previously held by Marco Pagnanelli, who completed 88.2 percent (15-17) of his passes against Duke on Oct. 2, 1982 ... made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ home opener against Wagner.
• High School / Personal: A 2022 graduate of Vestavia Hills High School in Vestavia, Ala., Smith II attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2022-23 academic year ... two-sport athlete who earned letters in basketball and football ... two-time (Jr, Sr) All-Region and All-South Metro football selection, who earned first-team honors his senior year ... also named Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 7A Honorable Mention All-State (Ala.) and First-Team All-County as a senior ... a starter in the Alabama North-South All-Star Game his senior year ... two-year (Jr, Sr) football team captain ... mother, Helen, is a 1994 graduate of the Naval Academy ... aunt, Joy Bloom Wright, is a 1995 graduate of the Naval Academy, while her husband, Will Wright, is also a 1995 graduate of the Naval Academy ... son of Brad and Helen Bloom Smith ... majoring in political science.
