CAREER HONORS
• 2021-22 USBWA Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Year
• 2021-22 NABC Division I Freshman of the Year
• 2022 John R. Wooden Award Presented by Wendy's All-American Team
• 2021-22 Associated Press All-America Second Team
• 2021-22 NABC Division I All-America Second Team
• 2021-22 USBWA Men’s Division I All-America Second Team
• 2021-22 The Sporting News All-America Second Team
• 2021-22 Sports Illustrated All-America First Team
• 2021-22 SEC Freshman of the Year
• 2021-22 All-SEC First Team
• 2021-22 SEC All-Freshman Team
• 2021-22 NABC District 20 First Team
• 2021-22 USBWA All-District 10 Team
• 2021-22 Preseason All-SEC Second Team
• John R. Wooden Award Finalist
• Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Finalist
• Naismith Men’s Player of the Year Award Semifinalist
• Six-Time SEC Freshman of the Week
 
FRESHMAN (2021-22)
National winner of the USBWA Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award and NABC Division I Freshman of the Year Award – the first in school history … Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award and John R. Wooden Award Finalist ... Consensus Second Team All-America by The Associated Press, NABC, USBWA and The Sporting News ... Tabbed First Team All-America by Sports Illustrated … The most All-America nods (6) of any Tiger in program history and the first Auburn All-American since 1999 … SEC Freshman of the Year (Coaches) and First Team All-SEC (Coaches) ... First player in Auburn history to be named SEC Freshman of the Year .... Became just the fifth Tiger freshman ever to earn all-conference accolades by the league’s head coaches, joining Eddie Johnson (1974), Ronnie Battle (1990), Toney Douglas (2005) and Isaac Okoro (2020) ... Led Auburn in scoring (16.9 ppg), 3-pointers made (79) and was second in rebounding (7.4) ... Ranked fifth in the SEC in scoring and sixth in rebounding ... The only freshman to rank in the Top 10 in both scoring and rebounding in the SEC ... Broke the school record for the most 3-pointers made by a freshman previously held by Bryce Brown (78 in 2015-16) … Made at least one 3-pointer in 29-straight games (69-of-169, .408) ... His streak tied as the longest by an AU player in the last four years behind Bryce Brown (29, 2018-19) … Six-Time SEC Freshman of the Week honoree ... His 59 points in consecutive games against Vanderbilt (31) and at Florida (28) was the most by an AU player since Marquis Daniels had 59 in December of 2002 ... Notched 23 points and 12 boards in a win over Oklahoma in the Big 12/SEC Challenge (1/29/22) ... Team-best 29 double-digit scoring games and 14 20-point outings – the second most in AU history by a freshman ... Tallied a then career-high 25 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field including a trio of 3-pointers and career-high four blocked shots at No. 24-ranked Alabama (1/11/22) ... Earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after scoring 16 points with four rebounds and three assists in his SEC debut versus LSU (12/29/21) ... Was the only freshman to be voted on the All-SEC preseason teams .. Registered a career-high 31 points on a career-best 7-of-10 shooting from beyond the arc against Vanderbilt (2/16/22) ... His seven 3-pointers were one shy of tying the Neville Arena record and just the seventh 30-point game by a freshman in school history ... His 31 points were the most by an AU player since Samir Doughty scored 32 versus Tennessee in 2020 and most by a freshman since Toney Douglas (32) in 2005 ... The only freshman in the nation with 500 points, 200 rebounds and 60 3-pointers ... Ranked fourth nationally among freshman in scoring with 576 points and seventh with 79 3-pointers ... First freshman in program history to score 500 points and grab 200 rebounds in a single season ... Was just the fifth AU player in the last 20 years to score 300+ points in SEC only games ... Recorded a game-high 20 points and 14 rebounds in the team’s NCAA Tournament first-round win over Jacksonville State (3/18/22) including a thunderous dunk that was one of ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day ... His 20 points and 14 rebounds were the most ever by an Auburn freshman in a NCAA Tournament game … Brought down a career-high 15 boards and tallied 10 points to record his seventh double-double of the season versus Miami (3/20/22).
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Consensus five-star, Top 10 high school prospect … Ranked No. 6 nationally by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Averaged 23.4 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.5 blocks per game during his senior season at Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Ga. ... Led Sandy Creek to a state runner-up finish in 2020-21 ... Became Auburn’s fourth signee to be named a McDonald’s All-American next to Sharife Cooper (2020), Korvotney Barber (2005) and Frank Ford (1983) ... Chosen as a Naismith First Team All-American and a Sports Illustrated All-American ... Named Georgia’s Gatorade Player of the Year ... Averaged 24.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.8 blocks, 1.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game, while shooting 50 percent from the floor including 38 percent from three as a junior ... Tabbed as a MaxPreps Junior All-American … Also an all-state selection leading the Patriots to a 25-5 overall record including 12-0 in the region and an appearance in the Class 4A state quarterfinals ... Named the Junior of the Year in Class 4A ... Averaged 12.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.0 blocks, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals per game, while shooting 48 percent from the court as a sophomore … Led Sandy Creek to a 27-4 overall record including 12-0 in the region ... Led Team USA to a gold medal in the FIBA U16 Americas Championship averaging 13.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.
 
PERSONAL
Son of Jabari Smith Sr. and Taneskia Purnell ... Born on May 13, 2003 … Has one older brother, A.J. Freeman … Father, Jabari Sr., played at LSU from 1998 to 2000, before playing in the NBA with the New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings ... Cousin of 13-year NBA veteran, Kwame Brown, who was the No. 1 overall pick in 2001 … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.
 
CAREER SUPERLATIVES
Points: 31 vs. Vanderbilt (2/16/22)
Field Goals Made: 10 vs. Vanderbilt (2/16/22)
Field Goals Attempted: 21 at Tennessee (2/26/22)
3-Point Field Goals Made: 7 vs. Vanderbilt (2/16/22)
3-Point Field Goals Attempted: 10 vs. Vanderbilt (2/16/22), vs. Texas A&M (3/11/22)
Free Throws Made: 12 vs. UConn (11/24/21)
Free Throws Attempted: 12 vs. UConn (11/24/21)
Rebounds: 15 vs. Miami (3/20/22)
Assists: 5 vs. Ole Miss (2/23/22)
Blocks: 4 at Alabama (1/11/22)
Steals: 4 vs. ULM (11/12/21)
Minutes Played: 39 vs. UConn (11/24/21)
30-Point Games: 1
20-Point Games: 14
10-Rebound Games: 9
Double-Doubles: 7