Brad Smith is also the name of a West Coast Eagles Australian Rules Football player and the name of the bass player for Blind Melon.
Bradley Alexander Smith (born December 12, 1983), son of Phillip and Sherri Smith, is an American college football player for the University of Missouri. Mizzou is a Division I-A school located in Columbia, Missouri.
High School
Smith attended Chaney High School in Youngstown, Ohio. He was a two-time all-state selection for football and twice was selected as the All-City Offensive Player of the Year. He threw for over 2,700 yards in his career and 34 TDs. He also rushed for over 1,200 yards and 19 TDs. Brad also played basketball and was an all-city selection.
College
After being red-shirted in 2001 he became the 4-year starter (never missing a start) for the Tigers of Mizzou. His redshirt freshman year he established himself as one of the elite quaterbacks in college football becoming only the second player in Division 1-A football history to ever pass for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000. He received numerous national and Big 12 Conference freshman honors, leading the Tigers to a 5-7 record. His sophomore year he led Mizzou to an 8-5 record and their first bowl game since 1998. In 2004 the Tigers went a disappointing 5-6 after beginning the season ranked number 17 by the Associated Press. His senior year he led the Tigers to a 7-5 record and his second Independence Bowl in three years and the first Mizzou bowl victory in 7 years.
Currently Brad is in the Business School at Mizzou working on his graduate degree in Business Administration. He received his business degree from Mizzou in May 2005.
Smith has set numerous Missouri, Big 12, and Division 1-A records. In his junior season, he was considered a preseason Heisman candidate by many, but Mizzou and Brad did not live up to expectations, achieving only a 5-6 record.
Brad is a leader on and off the field. He exceled in the classroom, and has been named to the Big 12 All-Academic Team. He participated in the Mike Jones Football Clinic, Chancellor's Lunch, Big Brothers and Big Sisters Bowl for Kids Sake, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Food Drive, Truman Club and Athletes-in-Action, among others.
Accomplishments
- All-time division 1-A leader for rushing by a quaterback
- First player in division 1-A history to pass for 8,000 yards and run for 4,000 yards in career
- First player in division 1-A history to pass for 2,000 yards and run for 1,000 yards in a season twice in a career
- Second player in division 1-A history to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 yards in a season
- Fourth player in division 1-A history to score 200 points and pass for 200 points in a career
- Sixth player in division 1-A history to pass for 200 yards and rush for 200 yards in a single game (vs. Nebraska on October 22, 2005)
- Most rushing yards in division 1-A history by a freshman quaterback
- Holds school record for:
- career rushing yards
- career touchdown passes
- career total yards
- career total points scored
- most points in a game (30) and most touchdowns (5) (vs. Texas Tech on October 25, 2003)
- Holds 69 different MU, Big 12 and NCAA game, season and career records (as of 12/2005)
Honors
- 2002 1st-Team Freshman All-American by FWAA, The Sporting News, College Football News, and Rivals.com
- 2002 Honorable Mention All-American by CNNSI.com, College Football News
- 2002 and 2003 honorable mention All-Big 12 by AP
- 2002 and 2004 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 by coaches
- 2003 4th-Team All-American by College Sports Report
- 2003 3rd-Team All-Big 12 by coaches
- 2005 Draddy Trophy finalist