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Nate Smith
14 Nate Smith
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Louisville, Ky.
High School:
Pleasure Ridge Park
Height / Weight:
5-9 / 200
Position:
PK
Birthdate:
04/28/1981

Reliable three-year veteran ... will handle the placekicking duties after also assuming the role of punter midway through 2002 ... heads into his senior campaign just seven field goals and 21 extra points shy of the U of L career records ... has converted 68.1 percent of his field goal attempts, the third-best mark in school history ... his 97.9 percent conversion rate on extra points is a U of L record ... ranks among the top 10 all-time scorers ... is on pace to finish his career ranked second on that list.

2002: Steady placekicker who led the Cards in scoring for the second consecutive season ... hit 12-of-19 field goal and 40-of-41 extra points ... earned C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week honors after making two field goal (45 & 26) in a driving rainstorm in the Cards' dramatic 26-20 overtime victory over No. 4 Florida State ... booted a school record-tying 52-yard field goal in the Cards' double-overtime victory at Southern Miss in front of a national audience ... assumed all of the kicking chores outside of kickoffs midway through the season ... averaged 37.5 yards and placed 16 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard-line while using the rugby style on 50 punts.

2001: Connected on 13-of-18 field goals and 39-of-40 extra points ... has connected on 72 percent of his career field goal attempts (18-of-25) and 98.1 percent of his career extra point attempts (53-of-54) to rank No. 7 and No. 4, on the C-USA career leaderboard ... ranked No. 9 in C-USA in 2001 with 78 points ... nailed all six field goal attempts inside 30 yards ... notched a season-high 10 points against Southern Miss, Tulane and Houston ... connected on all three field goal attempts, including a career-long 48-yarder against Southern Miss ... hit 2-of-3 field goals and three extra points in the title-clinching 39-34 win at East Carolina.

2000: Rejoined the Cardinals midway through September as a walk-on kicker ... converted five of seven field goal attempts in just four games ... perfect 14 of 14 on point after tries ... hit a school record four field goals in C-USA Championship clinching win at Houston ... converted from 41, 33, 32 and 24 yards out in horrendous weather conditions ... perfect two of two on extra points and kicked a 24-yard field goal at Liberty Bowl.

1999: Did not see game action ... spent the spring of 2000 as a redshirt for the Cardinal baseball team.

High School: Competed in baseball, football and soccer at Pleasure Ridge Park in Louisville ... named all-state honorable mention once in soccer, he holds school records for goals in a game, season and career... kicked a then-state record 23 field goals his senior season including a 52-yarder ... competed in the all-state baseball game his senior year after hitting .461 for PRP.

Personal: Finance major ... son of Gerald and Sharon Smith ... born April 28, 1981.

Smith's Statistics 

Year	PAT	1-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Total	Pts
2000	14-14	2-2	2-2	1-3	0-0	5-7	29
2001	39-40	0-0	6-6	3-5	4-7	13-18	78
2002	40-41	8-8	0-2	3-7	1-2	12-19	76
Totals	93-95	10-10	8-10	7-15	5-9	30-44	183


Year	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20
2002	50	1875	37.5	53	3	3	16

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