CAREER: Appeared in 53 games with 41 consecutive starts since 2014 ... 41 consecutive starts rank first on the team
2017: Returning veteran on offensive line … All-America honors: first eam (AP, CBS, SB Nation), second team (Walter Camp, FWAA, AFCA, SI.com, PFF, Sporting News) … winner of the SEC’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy … team captain … 53 career games played with 41 consecutive career starts … starter at right guard in every game … first team all-SEC … SEC offensive lineman of week: Texas A&M … SEC Academic Honor Roll and Academic Top Tiger ... Preseason: Outland Trophy watch list, Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list, 1st team All-America (Athlon), 2nd team All-America (Lindy’s, AP), 3rd team All-America (PFF), 4th team All-America (Phil Steele), 1st team all-SEC (SEC coaches, Athlon, Lindy’s, Street & Smith, Phil Steele, Birmingham News, SEC media, College Football News, CBS Sports, PFF), NFL.com 17 for 17 Freak Athletes, SI.com Workout Warrior ... Reese’s Senior Bowl invitation ... NFL Combine invitation
2016: All-America second team (CBS Sports) ... All-America third team (Phil Steele, Sports on Earth) ... All-SEC first team (AP, ESPN, Pro Football Focus, Athlon, Phil Steele) ... second team All-SEC (coaches)... second-year starter at right guard … ESPN mid-season All-America … Preseason: Outland, Rotary Lombardi watch lists … all-SEC first team (Lindy’s, Phil Steele, ESPN), second team (SEC coaches, Athlon, Birmingham News), third team (SEC media) ... SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015: Starting offensive lineman, primarily at right guard … AP second team all-SEC ... has appeared in 26 career games with 14 starts ... starter at right tackle vs. Jacksonville State ... SEC Academic Honor Roll and Academic Top Tiger
2014: Appeared in all 13 games ... all-SEC freshman team ... saw action on both the offensive line and as a tight end in jumbo sets ... first start came in the Outback Bowl vs. Wisconsin ... Academic Top Tiger ... SEC first-year academic honor roll
High School: Physically impressive lineman who excels in the weight room and at the line of scrimmage ... 82 pancake blocks on offense, 59 tackles on defense as a two-way starter his senior season ... two-year Buck Buchanan Award finalist (Kansas City metro outstanding lineman) ... high school coach was Jeff Gourley ... KFBCA Top 11, all-state, all-Midlands, three years all-Sunflower League on both sides of the football ... Kansas state shot put and discus champion ... Scout No. 1 OG ... Rivals No. 3 OL, Top 50 nationally ... 247sports No. 7 OG, Top 125 nationally ... ESPN No. 9 OL, Top 130 overall ... MaxPreps All-America
Personal: Son of Jane Smith and David Smith ... father played football and ran track at Kansas ... sister Megan is a thrower at TCU ... birthday is March 25 ... studying in the College of Education