Temple University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Roster
Hunter Smith
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Little Rock, Ark.
- High School:
- Joe T. Robinson
2025( Redshirt Senior, Temple): Transferred in for the 2025 season ... made season debut week 1 at UMass recording 3 carries.
2024 (Redshirt Junior, Louisiana-Monroe): Named to Athlon All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team ...
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore, Louisiana-Monroe): Saw action in all 12 games ... amassed 634 yards (507 rushing, 71 receiving, 47 kickoff return) ... averaged 5.4 yards per carry ... led the team in rushing yards (507) and rushing TDs (3) ... posted career-high 103 yards vs. Army on seven carries ... also logged a touchdown vs. Lamar and at Georgia Southern.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman, Louisiana-Monroe): Appeared in all 12 games ... tallied nine yards on two attempts, all vs. Nicholls ... logged a tackle at Troy.
2021 (Freshman, Louisiana-Monroe): Selected Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week twice (vs. Georgia State and Texas State) ... redshirted.
High School: Three-year letterman and two-year starter for Coach Todd Eskola at Joe T. Robinson ... career totals include 2,838 rushing yards, 27 rushing TDs, 36 total TDs (five receptions and four kickoff returns) and 3,886 all-purpose yards ... named to the 2021 West Arkansas All-Star Team by the Arkansas Activities Association (all-star canceled due to COVID-19) ... selected all-state as a senior after accounting for 1,080 all-purpose yards and 13 total touchdowns in 2020 ... rushed 89 times for 592 yards (6.7 avg.) and seven TDs as a senior and caught 13 passes for 188 yards (14.3 avg.) and four scores ... also returned five kickoffs 257 yards (51.4 avg.) and two TDs ... scored at least one TD in eight consecutive games; scored multiple TDs in five-straight games ... two-way starter recorded 45 total tackles from his safety position, with 19 resulting in losses including six sacks (46 yards) ... carried 14 times for 89 yards and two scores vs. Ashdown, including the game-winning 1-yard TD run in overtime; also matched his career high with 16 tackles, including nine for losses ... accounted for a season high-high 236 all-purpose yards vs. Maumelle (11 rushing attempts for 93 yards, one reception for 1 yard and three kickoff returns for 142 yards); scored on an 87-yard kickoff return ... averaged 147.8 rushing yards per game as a junior while helping the Senators (14-1 overall) win the 2019 Class 4A state championship ... set career highs for rushing attempts (190), rushing yards (1,922) and rushing TDs (19) as a junior; averaged 10.1 yards per carry ... recorded eight 100-yard rushing games, including four 200-yard efforts ... averaged 197.3 rushing yards over four playoff games (789 yards) ... returned five kickoffs for 155 yards (32.0 avg.) and two TDs ... scored multiple TDs in eight games as a junior; scored three TDs in four different games ... finished the 2019 season with a career-best 2,240 all-purpose yards ... amassed a career-high 69 tackles, including seven for losses ... ran 22 times for 213 yards and a TD in the state championship game vs. Shiloh Christian ... also competed in soccer and track and field for the Senators; ran a personal-record 11.43 in the 100 meters; member of two school record-setting relay teams (44.04 in the 4x100, 2019; 1:36.74 in the 4x200, 2018).
Personal: Born Hunter Elliot Smith in Little Rock, Ark. ... list of favorites include: Lord of the Rings (book), I am Legend (movie) ... earned his undergraduate degree at Louisiana-Monroe and is working towards his mater's in innovation management and entrepreneurship.
