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)Â
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.Â
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 Houston Texans punter Cameron Johnston (Ohio State), and Ray Guy Award winners Mitch Wishnowsky (Utah) and Michael Dickson (Texas).
MAJOR: Management
