Bio

2009 (Senior): Played in all 11 games... 2009 Northeast Conference All-Conference selection ... Two-time NEC Player of the Week (Oct. 5, Nov. 15) ... Totaled 1198 yards on the season, breaking 1000 yards for the second consecutive year...Averaged 5.2 yds/rush and 111.6 yds/gm for all-purpose yards...Tallied 7 rushing TD in his final season, including 3 during a dominating career-best performance on Senior Day vs. Saint Francis (PA) ( 23 RUSH, 239 YD, 3 TD) where he ran for touchdowns of 23, 20, and 77 yards, respectively...Broke 100 yards rushing 5 different games...Finishes career with over 3,000 yards rushing in just three seasons in Black and Gold...Awarded the Bulldog Award at end of season ... Finished third in the NEC in rushing with 113.0 yards per game.

2008 (Junior): Played in all 11 games ... Totaled 1254 rushing yards on 203 carries averaging 6.2 yds/rush ... Tallied 6 rushing TD ... Caught 10 balls for 53 yards ... Returned 35 kicks for 587 yards averaging 16.8 yds/ret. ... Avg. 172.2 all purpose yds/gm.

2007 (Sophomore): Outstanding first season at Bryant after transferring from Howard University ... Part of one-two punch out of the backfield ... Had 619 yards on 114 carries ... Played in all 11 games ... scored four rushing touchdowns and had one receiving TD ... Rushed for season-best 135 yards on eight carries vs. Saint Anselm ... Rushed for 125 yards on 20 carries and one touchdown in win over CW Post ... Also posted 100-yard game with 105 yards rushing vs. Stonehill ... Long run of 83 yards vs. Saint Anselm ... Had nine receptions for 66 yards .... Long catch of 24 yards vs. Assumption ... .Returned 27 kickoffs for 620 yards ... Long kick return of 48 yards vs. CW Post.

Before Bryant:  Attended Howard University in Washington D.C.

HIGH SCHOOL:  Attended St. Francis Prep in Queens, NY ... 2005 graduate of Phillips Academy Andover ... Played football for coach Leon Modeste at Phillips Academy ... Four-year letterwinner in both football and track & field ... NY Daily News All-City NYC ... All-Queens honor ... Played in CHSFL Senior Bowl ... Played in Long Island vs. NYC Boomer Esaison All-Star game ... Outback Steakhouse All-Star Challenge ... Rushed for more than 1,400 yards in nine games, scoring 10 touchdowns  and racking up 1,732 all-purpose yards in 2003.

PERSONAL:  Jerell Tyreek Smith, born March 21, 1986 in Brookly, NY ... Has two brothers, Timothy and Jaeden ... Timothy was a runningback at St. Francis (PA) ... One sister, Trinity ... Majoring in history ... Spent summer working Offense-Defense Football camps ... Career ambition in law.