Jamill Smith
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Born: | Edmonton Eskimos | February 23, 1991
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Jamill Amin Smith (born February 23, 1991) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Ball State.[1]
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.[2]
College career
Smith played for the
Professional career
Smith was signed by the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on May 29, 2014.[3] He was released by the Redblacks on June 19, 2015.[4] He was signed to the Redblacks' practice roster on October 20 and promoted to the team's active roster on October 23, 2015.[5]
Smith signed with the Georgia Firebirds of the National Arena League (NAL) on June 1, 2017.[6] 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.[7]
He signed with the
He signed with the Montreal Alouettes on September 24, 2019.[9]
References
- ^ Baines, Tim. "150 pounds of can-do". ottawasun.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ^ a b "Jamill Smith". ballstatesports.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
- ^ Horder, Gord (May 30, 2014). "Two players are added, two are released, leaving the Redblacks' preseason roster at 84". montrealgazette.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ^ "REDBLACKS Release Seven". ottawaredblacks.com. June 19, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^ "Transactions". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
- ^ "Transactions". nationalarenaleague.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
- ^ "Georgia Firebirds". thestatguys.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "TRANSACTIONS". esks.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Checking Down: News and notes from Week 16". CFL.ca. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2019-09-26.