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

limitedstar

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

2021 Postseason 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: Wyoming

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2021 Postseason · Kent State

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Wyoming

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. Texas A&M: 0. VMI: 0. Iowa: 0. Maryland: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Buffalo: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Ohio: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Northern Illinois: 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.

Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Wyoming

Best efficiency game

— vs Wyoming

Result
Tue 12/21@ WyomingL 38-52
Sat 12/4@ Northern IllinoisL 23-41
Sat 11/27vs Miami (OH)W 48-47
Thu 11/11@ Central MichiganL 30-54
Wed 11/3vs Northern IllinoisW 52-47
Sat 10/23@ OhioW 34-27
Sat 10/16@ Western MichiganL 31-64
Sat 10/9vs BuffaloW 48-38
Sat 10/2vs Bowling GreenW 27-20
Sat 9/25@ MarylandL 16-37
Sat 9/18@ IowaL 7-30
Sat 9/11vs VMIW 60-10
Sun 9/5@ Texas A&ML 10-41

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

202020212021202220232024
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.

0

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