Player Dossier

2020-2024

Kent State

Josh Smith

P • 6'0" • 197 lbs • Narre Warren, VIC, Australia

Impact contributor

Josh Smith shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Player Story

Josh Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a punter from Narre Warren, VIC wearing No. 96, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Josh Smith's career was his field-position work: 228...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.74

ProKick Australia · Australia, AUST

Committed To
Kent State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Josh Smith, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Kent State. Josh Smith shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Passing yards
14

Quick Answers

Josh Smith quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Kent State
Top game
Wyoming
Recruit profile
2-star · ProKick Australia · Kent State
High school pipeline
ProKick Australia · 49 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 96 · Freshman

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2020 Regular SeasonKent State000-
2021 PostseasonKent State1300100
2021 Regular SeasonKent State1300100
2022 Regular SeasonKent State1000100
2023 Regular SeasonKent State1000100
2024 Regular SeasonKent State1200100

Related Context

Josh Smith played P for Kent State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josh Smith recorded 14 passing yards and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Kent State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Buffalo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 0. St. Francis (PA): 0. Tennessee: 0. Penn State: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Ohio: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 0. Buffalo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Buffalo

Best efficiency game

— vs Buffalo

Result
Wed 11/27@ BuffaloL 7-43
Wed 11/20vs AkronL 17-38
Thu 11/14@ Miami (OH)L 7-34
Thu 11/7vs OhioL 0-41
Sat 10/26@ Western MichiganL 21-52
Sat 10/19@ Bowling GreenL 6-27
Sat 10/12vs Ball StateL 35-37
Sat 9/28vs Eastern MichiganL 33-52
Sat 9/21@ Penn StateL 0-56
Sat 9/14@ TennesseeL 0-71
Sat 9/7vs St. Francis (PA)L 17-23
Sat 8/31@ PittsburghL 24-55

Player Story

Josh Smith story

Josh Smith built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a punter from Narre Warren, VIC wearing No. 96, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of Josh Smith's career was his field-position work: 228 punts, 9,133 punting yards, and 69 punts inside the 20 across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Kent State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 14 passing yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kent State.

The arc is straightforward: Josh Smith moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Kent State

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonKent State0
2021 PostseasonKent State00
2021 Regular SeasonKent State00
2022 Regular SeasonKent State00
2023 Regular SeasonKent State00
2024 Regular SeasonKent State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wyoming

Week 1 · L 38-52 · Postseason

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Northern Illinois

Week 14 · L 23-41 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Miami (OH)

Week 13 · W 48-47 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Central Michigan

Week 11 · L 30-54 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Northern Illinois

Week 10 · W 52-47 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Kent State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2021 Regular Season · Kent State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Kent State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games