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Jersey Number 99
Zae Smith
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 310
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- League City, TX
- Prev School:
- HCU
- High School:
- Clear Springs HS
Senior (2025) - Cal
- Appeared in six games.
- Made five tackles, two QB hurries and a TFL.
- Had a tackle, a TFL and a QB hurry against Texas Southern.
- Made two tackles against Duke.
- Had two tackles against Virginia Tech.
- Appeared in 12 games.
- Recorded a career-high 54 tackles along with 7.5 TFL, five sacks and two passes defended.
- Set a career-high with nine tackles versus Nicholls along with two TFL and sacks.
- Had seven tackles against Indiana St. and six versus Tarleton St.
- Recorded five tackles four times.
- Smith appeared in nine games and started seven.
- Finished the season with 24 tackles and was second on the team with 3.5 sacks.
- Forced a pair of fumbles and recovered one.
- Set a then career-high with eight tackles in a win over Arkansas Baptist (9/2).
- Had a strip sack and recovered the fumble in a win at McNeese (11/11) with four total tackles.
- Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
- Smith started all 11 games.
- Totaled 53 tackles with four for a loss, one and a half sacks, five quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and one forced fumble.
- Recorded a then season-high seven tackles vs. Northwestern State (10/15) and vs. McNeese (11/12).
- Finished with six tackles at Texas A&M-Commerce (10/22)
- Recorded five tackles in a game three times and finished with four tackles and a sack at Texas State (9/24).
- Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
- Smith appeared in four games.
- Recorded three tackles.
- Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
- Played at Clear Springs HS -- Class of 2021.
- Was a two-time All-Galveston County First Team selection.
- As a junior, earned first-team all-district honors and as a senior was named team Defensive MVP.
- Threw more than 50 feet in the shot put.
- Was a three-time academic all-district honoree.
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