E.J. Smith Season 2020

Career Accolades

• Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Greg Piers Award (2020)

As a Senior (2023)

• Preseason Third Team All-Pac-12 RB (Phil Steele)
• Doak Walker Award Watch List
• Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List
• Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List
• Appeared in all 12 games and made five starts, most among Stanford running backs in 2023
• Ran the ball 53 times for 218 yards with a touchdown to lead the running backs ... also finished third on the team with 28 receptions, tallying 242 yards
• Ran in the first touchdown of the season in the Cardinal's win at Hawai'i (Sept. 1)
• Posted 93 total yards from scrimmage on just 10 touches in the home opener vs. Sacramento State (Sept. 16)
• Caught eight passes for 21 yards during the 126th Big Game (Nov. 18) ... eight catches are the most by a Stanford running back since Austin Jones on (9 on Oct. 16, 2021 vs. Washington State) ... only three times in the FBS did a running back have more than eight receptions in a game
• Added seven catches for 121 yards in the season finale vs. No. 17 Notre Dame (Nov. 25) ... third Cardinal on the year to post a 100-yard receiving game ... first-career game with over 100 receiving yards ... caught a 53-yard pass in the first quarter, his longest reception as a Cardinal ... first Stanford running back with over 100 yards receiving since Christian McCaffrey during the 2016 Rose Bowl Game

As a Junior (2022)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Started at running back in two games before suffering a season-ending injury
• Rushed for 206 yards on 30 carries and three touchdowns
• Totaled eight receptions for 63 yards in the air, adding a touchdown
• Returned one kick for 13 yards
• Had a breakout game to open the 2022 season, finishing with 118 yards on 11 rushes and added five receptions for 37 yards against Colgate (Sept. 3) .... first career two-rushing TD game, including a 87-yard touchdown run on first play from scrimmage, tied for the fifth-longest in program history ... marked his first career 100-yard rushing game
• Career-high 19 rushing attempts, totaling 88 rushing yards and 26 receiving yards (114 total) and two scores against USC (Sept. 10) ... recorded his first career receiving touchdown ... became the first Cardinal since 2018 with a rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game (Cameron Scarlett, Dec. 1, 2018 at Cal)

As a Sophomore (2021)

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in seven games making one start
• Rushed for 133 yards, averaging 5.1 yards per carry, with one touchdown
• Added 15 receptions for 74 yards
• Scored his first career touchdown on a fourth quarter run, totaling 41 yards (Sept. 18)
• Broke off a career long 32-yard run against Utah, ending with 53 rushing yards (Nov. 5)

As a Freshman (2020)

• Greg Piers Award
• Played in three games
• Totaled three catches for seven yards
• Recorded his first two receptions, making two catches for three yards at California in the 123rd Big Game (Nov. 27)

Prior to Stanford

• Prepped at Dallas Jesuit High School for head coach Brandon Hickman
• Lettered three seasons in football
• Unanimous four-star recruit ranked No. 48 by ESPN, No. 74 by Rivals, No. 87 by PrepStar and No. 339 by 247Sports
• Ranked No. 7 in Texas by Rivals, No. 9 by ESPN, No. 13 by PrepStar and No. 43 by 247Sports
• Rated the No. 3 all-purpose back by Rivals and PrepStar, the No. 5 all-purpose back by 247Sports and the No. 5 athlete by ESPN
• 2020 Under Armour All-America Game participant
• 2019 District 9-6A Offensive Player of the Year
• 2019 Unanimous all-district first team
• 2018 all-district second team
• 2018 Team Most Valuable Player
• 2017 MaxPreps Sophomore All-American
• 2017 all-state
• 2017 Dallas Morning News Area Newcomer of the Year
• 2017 District 9-6A Newcomer of the Year
• Finished with 167 rushes for 902 yards and 22 touchdowns while adding 32 catches for 502 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior in 2019, despite missing the first two games of the season
• Rushed for 872 yards and 12 touchdowns with 39 receptions for 498 yards and five touchdowns as a junior in 2018
• Finished with 1,303 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns while adding 43 catches for 613 yards and seven scores as a sophomore in 2017

Personal

• Full name is Emmitt James Smith IV
• Son of Emmitt and Pat Smith
• Father is a Pro Football Hall of Famer who rushed for 18,355 yards and 164 touchdowns in 15 NFL seasons
• Has four siblings, Jasmin, Rheagen, Skylar and Elijah
• Sister, Rheagen, plays soccer at Texas A&M