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81 Tommy Smith

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 230
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Maynard, Mass.
  • High School Maynard

Biography

Career Honors & Awards

  • First Team All-CAA Football (2024, ST)
  • Second Team All-CAA Football (2024, FB)
  • New England Football Writers Association All-New England (2024)
  • Phil Steele All-CAA Football Second Team (2024)

2024 (Redshirt Senior)

  • Appeared in all 14 games, lining up as a wide receiver, a halfback, a fullback and a tight end 
  • Led Rhode Island with nine special teams tackles
  • Caught 27 passes for 413 yards with three receiving touchdowns
  • Ran the ball five times for 15 yards with two scores 
  • Twenty of his 27 receptions were good for first downs
  • Hauled in five passes, one of which was a touchdown, for 47 yards against Holy Cross (Aug. 31)
  • Recorded 63 receiving yards on four catches at Hampton (Oct. 5)
  • Scored a three-yard rushing touchdown out of wildcat at No. 19/24 New Hampshire (Oct. 19)
  • Caught a touchdown pass and finished with 60 receiving yards against Monmouth (Nov. 2)
  • Scored a rushing touchdown and added a touchdown catch in the FCS Playoff game against CCSU (Nov. 30)
  • Totaled 57 receiving yards on two catches
  • Had a pair of two-tackle performances against Brown (Oct. 12) and UNH (Oct. 19)

2023 (Redshirt Junior)

  • Appeared in all 11 games for the Rams, both on offense and with the special teams unit
  • Made a tackle on special teams at Georgia State (Aug. 31)
  • Had two stops at Maine (Sept. 15)
  • Earned his first career start at Brown, where he caught his first pass for four yards (Oct. 7)
  • Had two kickoff returns for a combined 21 yards at UAlbany (Oct. 21)
  • Assisted on a tackle against No. 20 New Hampshire (Oct. 28)
  • Tallied another kick return for four yards in the win over North Carolina A&T (Nov. 11)
  • Returned a punt for six yards opposite Towson (Nov. 18)

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore)

  • Appeared in all 11 games on special teams
  • Tied for second on the team with seven special teams tackles
  • Made one special teams tackle against Maine (11/5)
  • Had one special teams stop at William & Mary (10/29)
  • Had one special teams tackle against Elon (10/15)
  • Had one special teams tackle against Brown (10/1)
  • Made one special teams tackle at Pitt (9/24)
  • Made two special teams tackles at Stony Brook (9/1)

2021 (Redshirt Freshman)

  • Appeared in 10 games on special teams and offense, making one start at tight end
  • Made his collegiate debut as a reserve against Bryant (9/4)

2019 (Freshman)

  • Did not appear in any games/Redshirted

Before URI

  • Attended Maynard, where he played football and basketball and competed in track & field
  • Was a team captain in all three sports
  • Was a 1,000-yard rusher as a junior and a 1,000-yard passer as a senior
  • Scored 1,000 points in his basketball career
  • Won a state championship in basketball in 2017

Personal

  • Born June 15, 2001
  • Son of Brian and Marsha
  • Has one brother, Josh
  • Has three sisters, Shannon, Brenna and Sylvia
  • Is cousins with Rhode Island linebacker Jake Fire
  • His father, Brian, played football at WPI
  • Chose Rhode Island for the size of the school, its location and its diversity
  • Enjoys hanging with friends
  • Favorite athlete is Patrick Mahomes
  • Favorite teams are the Patriots, Celtics, Bruins and Red Sox
  • Majoring in Engineering

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2019Freshman

    QB
    6'2" 180 lbs
    14
  • 91

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    Tight End
    6'2" 180 lbs
    91
  • 81

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Tight End
    6'2" 200 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'2" 230 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Tight End
    6'2" 230 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'2" 230 lbs
    81