College career Geno Smith




1 college career

1.1 freshman year
1.2 sophomore year
1.3 junior year
1.4 senior year
1.5 awards , honors
1.6 college statistics





college career

geno smith during college career @ west virginia


smith attended west virginia university, played west virginia mountaineers football team 2009 2012. english major during time @ west virginia.


freshman year

smith saw action freshman year backup behind senior jarrett brown. first snap in regular season game came against auburn; completed 5 of 8 passes 50 yards , 1 interception. see action again against syracuse, marshall, louisville, , in gator bowl against florida state. in freshman year @ west virginia university, smith completed 32 of 49 passes 309 yards, throwing 1 touchdown , 1 interception, , rushing 7 yards on 17 attempts backup starting quarterback brown. finished freshman season 81.1 quarterback rating.


sophomore year

2010 smith s first year starting quarterback. year, completed 241 of 372 passes 2,763 yards, throwing 24 touchdowns , 7 interceptions, , rushing 217 yards on 106 attempts.


he got first start in season opener against coastal carolina chanticleers. completed 20 of 27 passes 216 yards, 2 touchdowns, , 1 interception. led team 31-0 victory on chanticleers.


with mountaineers down 21-6 against in-state rival, marshall, smith led team 4th quarter comeback victory. smith led first drive wvu 4-yard line. senior running noel devine, mountaineers cut marshall s lead 8 points. after wvu defense stopped marshall, punt put mountaineers near own end zone again, starting 2-yard line. after completing 9 of 13 passes , scrambling 20 yards, smith found tight end johnson in corner of endzone touchdown. marshall still leading 21-19, bill stewart elected go two-point conversion. smith completed pass wide receiver jock sanders in of end zone two-point conversion. mountaineers went on win game in overtime score of 24-21. smith finished game completing 32 of 45 passes 316 yards , 1 touchdown. rushed 13 yards on 14 attempts. after 2 games, smith lead big east in passing yards , passing efficiency.


in 31-17 victory on maryland, smith completed 19 of 29 pass attempts 268 passing yards , 4 touchdowns. 2 of touchdowns tavon austin, , 2 stedman bailey. smith won first big east offensive player of week performance.


in wvu s first meeting ever lsu, mountaineers lost @ tiger stadium score of 20-14. smith completed 14 of 29 pass attempts 119 yards, 2 touchdowns, , 1 interception. rushed 10 yards on 5 attempts.


smith threw 220 yards , ran 19 yards in west virginia s 49-10 win on unlv. points wvu had scored since playing connecticut in 2007.


in overtime loss connecticut, smith 22 34, throwing 160 yards. had season high of 64 rushing yards. first game season smith did not throw touchdown pass. loss first time connecticut had ever beaten west virginia.


smith tied record touchdowns in game in 37-10 win on cincinnati, 15 25, throwing 174 yards, 4 touchdowns, , 1 interception. win came after two-game losing streak. first time mountaineers beat cincinnati since 2007. smith won second big east offensive player of week performance.


junior year

smith , west virginia offense lined against clemson s defense in 2012 orange bowl


with arrival of new west virginia football head coach dana holgorsen , new passing-based offensive system, smith saw passing numbers improve drastically. in fourth game of season against #2 lsu tigers, smith set school records completions (38), attempts (65), , passing yards (463) in 47-21 loss on september 24, 2011.


with 372 passing yards against cincinnati bearcats on november 12, smith tied big east record seventh 300-yard game of season. tied record set in 2007 brian brohm of louisville cardinals.


he set single-season school records pass completions (291), attempts (448) , yards (3,741) on november 25 against rival pittsburgh panthers. 3 records held marc bulger.


in west virginia s 70-33 rout of clemson tigers in 2012 orange bowl smith tied 3 individual bowl records: touchdown passes (six), touchdowns overall (seven) , total points (42). smith s 401 passing yards broke tom brady s orange bowl record of 396 set in 2000 orange bowl. smith became big east single-season passing leader 4,379 yards, breaking brian brohm s record set in 2007.


senior year

as senior in 2012, smith finished season 4,205 passing yards, 42 touchdowns, , 6 interceptions. after season, smith officially announced enter 2013 nfl draft.


awards , honors

all-big east conference second team (2010)
all-big east conference first team (2011)
4× big east offensive player of week
2011 orange bowl valuable player
3× big 12 offensive player of week
2× national offensive player of week (for week ending september 3, 2012; week ending september 29, 2012)

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