2025 Football Roster
Roster
Alex Smith
- Position:
- Punter
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- High School:
- Caulfield Grammar School
- Major:
- Business Management
2025 - All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team
2025 - All-Sun Belt Conference FourthTeam (Phil Steele)
2024 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team (Phil Steele)
2024 - All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention
2024 - All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team (College Football Network)
2025-26: The starting punter for the third straight year … Averaged 42.8 yards on 56 punts with 14 downed inside the 20-yard line and 22 punts fair caught … Had a long of 55 yards and eight punts of 50 yards or longer … A third-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection … A fourth-team All-Sun Belt selection by Phil Steele … Punted seven times for a 39.4-yard average at Fresno State … Punted seven times at USC for an average of 40.3 yards with two downed inside the 20 and no returns … Had two punts for an average of 41.0 yards with both downed inside the 20 with no returns … Averaged 45.3 yards on three punts with a long of 50 yards in the win over Maine … Averaged 43.6 yards with a long of 48 yards on eight punts at James Madison … Averaged 46.6 yards with a long of 55 yards, two downed inside the 20-yard line and two punts of over 50 yards against Southern Miss … Named a Ray Guy Award All-Star of the Week for his performance … Held seven times but did not punt in the win over Georgia State … Averaged 41.2 yards on six punts with two punts downed inside the 20 at Arkansas State … Averaged 42.7 yards on three punts with a long of 46 yards in the win at App State … Punted four times in the win over Coastal Carolina … Averaged 46.1 yards with three kicks of 50 yards or more against Old Dominion … Had two punts in the win at Marshall … Punted twice in windy conditions in the Birmingham Bowl win over App State, averaging 47 yards with a long of 50 yards … Made the Honor Roll in the fall.
2024-25: Started all 13 games as the punter … A second-team All-Sun Belt selection by Phil Steele … Led the Sun Belt in net average at 41.6 per punt … Averaged 42.7 yards on 58 punts with a long of 63 yards … Had 29 punts fair caught and 19 downed inside the 20-yard line … Had five punts of 50 yards or longer … Became the first Georgia Southern punter on record to not have any touchbacks in a season … Named honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference … Also named third-team all-conference by College Football Network … Punted four times for a 39.8-yard average with no returns and a long of 43 yards against Boise State … Averaged 40.7 yards on six punts with three downed inside the 20-yard line in the win at Nevada … Had a career-long 63-yard punt against South Carolina State … Averaged 50.7 yards on three punts in the game … Punted eight times for an average of 40.9 yards with two downed inside the 20 at Ole Miss … Had five punts for an average of 42.8 yards with three downed inside the 20-yard line with a long of 51 yards in the win at Georgia State … Had an average of 46.4 yards on seven punts in the win over Marshall, putting four punts inside the 20-yard line with two punts over 50 yards … Averaged 44.5 yards on a pair of punts in the win over James Madison with a long of 50 yards with one punt downed inside the 5-yard line … Had five punts for an average of 42.0 yards at Old Dominion … Averaged 42.4 yards on five punts with two downed inside the 20-yard line in the win over South Alabama … Averaged 44.0 yards on three punts against Troy … Selected to wear the #0 jersey for that game … Averaged 40.0 yards with no returns in the win at Coastal Carolina … Averaged 42.3 yards on three punts with a long of 44 yards and one downed inside the 20-yard line in the win over App State … Had four punts that averaged 42.0 yards with a long of 47 yards against Sam Houston in the New Orleans Bowl … Made the Honor Roll in the spring.
2023-24: Started all 13 games as the punter … Averaged 40.04 yards on 47 punts … Had 17 fair catches and 18 downed inside the 20-yard line … Five punts went for 50 or more yards with a long of 58 yards … Punted twice in the opener against The Citadel, pinning one punt inside the 10-yard line … Had one punt in the win over UAB … Punted three times with a long of 43 yards at Wisconsin … Punted five times for a 41.4-yard average with a 58 yarder and three kicks downed inside the 20 in the win at Ball State … Punted five times for an average of 44.0 yards with a long of 53 yards and two downed inside the 20-yard line in the win over Coastal Carolina … Also had an 18-yard run on a fake punt that kept an eventual touchdown drive alive … Averaged 40.8 yards on five punts at James Madison … Punted five times for an average of 45.2 yards with a long of 56 yards with two downed inside the 20-yard line in the win over ULM … Had a long punt of 51 yards and two punts downed inside the 20 in the win over Georgia State … Punted twice at Texas State … Had three of six punts at Marshall downed inside the 20-yard line… Had three punts downed inside the 20 against Old Dominion … Averaged 43.0 yards on three punts with a 50 yarder at App State … Punted twice against Ohio in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, averaging 36.5 yards.
2022-23: Enrolled at Georgia Southern in January … Made the Honor Roll in the spring.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Caulfield Grammar School in 2017 … The No. 8-ranked punter in the Class of 2022 by 247Sports … The No. 5 punter in Australia as ranked by 247Sports … Originally committed to Vanderbilt in 2022.
PERSONAL: Born Alex Jacob Smith on September 10 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia … Son of Rodney and Helene Smith … Has a younger sister, Llara … Played professional tennis upon graduation from high school on the ATP Futures Tour … Grew up playing tennis as a resident of Dubai … Gave up tennis when COVID hit and trained at ProKick Australia, a club that has sent multiple punters to the United States including Cameron Johnston (Ohio State), and Ray Guy Award winners Mitch Wishnowsky (Utah) and Michael Dickson (Texas).
MAJOR: Management
