2014: Consensus First-Team... finished third in the Harlon Hill voting... rushed for 2,091 on just 254 carries (8.2 avg.)... tied for the national lead in rushing touchdowns with 29... ECAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year... GLIAC Offensive Back of the Year... recieved NCAA statistical champion plaque for points per game... All-GLIAC Academic Team
2013: Set many program-highs in 2013, finishing as one of the nation's top rushing leaders...accounted for 60 percent of Lake Erie's effective ground game in 2013, rushing for 1,542 yards and 24 touchdowns while averaging 5.8 yards per carry...rushed for a touchdown in 10 games last season, including eight games with at least two...rushed for four touchdowns in a game twice...ran for 100 yards in eight games including five games of 150 yards or better and pair of 200 yard rushing games...against Notre Dame College (Oct 12), he set a program-high for rushing yards in a game with 235 yards...named to USA College Football's Preseason All-American Team as a Honorable Mention...earned GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against Gannon
2012: Played in nine games as a true freshman, earning six starts... rushed for a school, single-season record 855 yards on 141 attempts and scored eight touchdowns... averaged 6.1 yards per carry... his 95.0 yards-per-game average was highest in school history as well... had four games over 100 yards, including a career-high 192 yards (23 attempts) at Notre Dame Oct. 6... had a season-long run of 58 yards in that game... ran 27 times for 186 yards at Wayne State Sept. 15... those totals are the second- and third-highest yardage total in a single game in LEC history... his 27 attempts at Wayne State were also a school record... scored two touchdowns in a game three times... other 100-yard efforts came at Ashland (103) on Sept. 29 and at Tiffin (109) on Nov. 10... gained 99 yards on 12 carries in his collegiate debut against Ferris State Sept. 8... caught five passes for 36 yards... averaged a team-high 21.3 yards on 10 kickoff returns (213 yards)... totaled 1,104 all-purpose yards and averaged 122.7 yards-per-game, both most ever in a single season at Lake Erie... named to GLIAC Weekly Honor Roll for Offense four times.
PRIOR TO LAKE ERIE: Three year varsity player at nearby Riverside High School… as a senior earned first-team All-Premier Athletic Conference and All-Lake County honors on offense as he scored 10 total touchdowns… also received honorable mention all-district and was named to the News-Herald All-Star First Team… also ran track where he was an all-district sprinter and long jumper.
PERSONAL: Born June 19, 1994... son of Trisahelle Smith and Tyrone and Heather Bilal... plans to major in business with a minor in sport management.
