Cole Smith

Photo by: Greg Fiume

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Height:
6-1
Weight:
210
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Knoxville, Tenn.
High School:
Christian Academy of Knoxville

2021: Phil Steele Third-Team All-Ivy ... Honorable Mention All-Ivy … Threw for 2,570 yards with 14 touchdowns and eight interceptions … Ran for 218 yards and three touchdowns … Led the conference in yards per attempt (8.5) and was second in total offense (278.8), passing efficiency (148.5), passing yards, passing yards per game (257.0), yards per completion (12.8), completion percentage (66.8) and completions per game (20.1) … Threw for 214 yards and ran for 69 yards vs. Penn … Threw for 273 yards and three touchdowns vs. Yale ... Set a single-game record with a 92.6 completion percentage at Brown while his 476 yards were the second-most in a single-game ... Threw for 282 yards at Monmouth ... Ran for 64 yards vs. Columbia ... Added five total touchdowns in victory over Stetson ... Became the 14th quarterback in program history to throw for 400 yards in a game with 412 vs. Lehigh ... 2019: Played in three games ... Threw two passes and ran for 30 yards ... 2018: accounted for two touchdowns (one passing, one rushing) to help Princeton post the highest-scoring offense in Ivy League history … threw first career touchdown pass for 32 yards in 66-7 win over Lehigh during Princeton's first perfect season since 1964 … rushed four times for 30 yards and a touchdown in 66-0 win over Cornell … helped offense rank #2 nationally in scoring and #3 in total offense ... 2017: added depth at the quarterback position while developing during J.V. games.

Before Princeton:
Christian Academy of Knoxville: Three-time all-state quarterback … two-time Mr. Football Semifinalist (2015, 2016) … set a Tennessee state record with 11,032 career passing yards … led team to two state quarterfinals … named to the Border Bowl … captain for both the football and basketball teams … president of Mu Alpha Theta (school math club) … earned two creative writing awards … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Tom and Beverly Smith … has three brothers: Reed, Kennedy, and Max … cousin Sean played football at Michigan … enjoys fishing, basketball and spending time at the lake … considering studying engineering or economics at Princeton.