32 John Paul Smith

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Name: John Paul Smith
Pos: HB
Year: gr
HT: 5’11”
WT: 252
Star: Elite
Current Team: West Virginia
Seasons: 15, 16, 17, 18

John possesses freakish athletic ability and crazy strength and trucking ability . John is also a has very unique and aggressive pass blocking and run blocking ability. Never shy away from his pass catching ability out of the back field . John was a 4 year starter in football winning 2 PIAA state championships and broke the PIAA career rushing yards (10,005) and career rushing TDS (140) John is also a 3.7 GPA student as well as His high school class President . John Paul is loaded with unique attributes that simply cannot be coached but naturally has which is high great Leadership ability and charisma he possesses.

CFSL

Season	Team	G	Car	Yds	Avg	Yds/G	TD	20+	BTK	Fum	Rec	Yds	Avg	Rec/G	Yds/G	TD	Drop	Sck
15	West Virginia	9	18	95	5.3	10.6	0	0	7	0	7	47	6.7	0.8	5.2	1	2	0
16	West Virginia	9	126	508	4.0	56.4	3	1	19	2	61	340	5.6	6.8	37.8	2	1	0
17	West Virginia	8	160	865	5.4	108.1	4	5	16	0	36	192	5.3	4.5	24.0	0	2	0
18	West Virginia	9	179	744	4.2	82.7	2	6	28	2	35	262	7.5	3.9	29.1	1	1	3
Total	-	35	483	2212	4.6	63.2	9	12	70	4	139	841	6.1	4.0	24.0	4	6	3

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Lng	20+	BTK	Fum	Rec	Yds	TD	Lng	Drop	Sck	Tck	KR	Yds	Lng
October 25, 2023	Texas	L31–27	14	59		20	1	1		2	18		9			2
October 19, 2023	Pittsburgh	L51–30	15	45		12		5	1	7	60		19		1	1
October 11, 2023	North Carolina	W44–20	29	67	1	13		1		6	49	1	33	1
October 3, 2023	Alabama	L34–10	17	47		11		2		5	30		12		1	1
September 28, 2023	Florida	W27–30	24	109		18		3		5	27		13
September 21, 2023	Auburn	W48–34	22	108	1	39	1	2		2	14		7
September 13, 2023	Ohio	W51–35	24	89		14		5		1	1		1
September 6, 2023	Kent State	W28–31	20	181		49	4	5	1	2	1		3			1
August 31, 2023	Kentucky	L7–61	14	39		10		4		5	62		39		1
July 5, 2023	Pittsburgh	L15–24	18	92		16		3		5	12		6
June 27, 2023	Auburn	W35–42	21	72		15		2		7	24		20
June 21, 2023	Georgia	W27–26	14	72		15		1		5	22		14
June 15, 2023	Alabama	L20–17	22	101		20	1	3		5	42		21
June 8, 2023	Kentucky	L27–62	23	118		22	1	1		3	21		11
June 1, 2023	North Carolina	L45–38	24	83	1	9		3		1	8		8	1
May 25, 2023	Bowling Green	L24–6	14	60		12				8	30		18	1
May 17, 2023	Eastern Michigan	W27–62	24	267	3	75	3	3		2	33		25
March 10, 2023	Notre Dame	L20–41	11	65		18		2		8	27		21
February 21, 2023	Pittsburgh	W3–46	13	83	1	16		2	1	6	45	1	20
February 14, 2023	Miami	L17–50	14	8		9		2		6	14		10
February 7, 2023	Georgia	L24–21	15	65		23	1	6		9	88		22			1
January 31, 2023	North Carolina	L56–35	12	47	1	16			1	4	-8		1			1
January 24, 2023	Florida State	L6–31	16	55		14		3		4	1		6
January 18, 2023	Alabama	L41–48	17	58	1	10		1		10	117	1	78	1
January 11, 2023	Oregon	L24–31	13	79		16		2		7	30		22
January 4, 2023	Illinois	L52–26	15	48		12		1		7	26		15
October 18, 2022	LSU	L15–23								1	2		2
October 3, 2022	Pittsburgh	W51–31	6	44		18		2						1			3	77	31
September 27, 2022	Clemson	W31–58	2			1		1									4	132	54
September 8, 2022	Auburn	L19–27															5	113	25
August 31, 2022	Notre Dame	L23–20	2	3		2		1		1	6		6				1	30	30
August 25, 2022	Florida State	L38–29	1	12		12								1			4	91	26
August 18, 2022	North Carolina	W54–51	6	29		9		2		4	28	1	16				4	104	31
August 9, 2022	Oklahoma State	L52–3															5	118	29
August 2, 2022	Miami	L10–38	1	7		7		1		1	11		11				3	72	26

Rushing

Rushing Attempts

Rank	Record	Game
1	29	WVU vs UNC
2	24	EMU vs WVU
3	24	FLA vs WVU

Rushing Yards

Rank	Record	Game
1	267	EMU vs WVU
2	181	KENT vs WVU
3	118	WVU vs UK

Rushing Touchdowns

Rank	Record	Game
1	3	EMU vs WVU
2	1	PITT vs WVU
3	1	WVU vs AUB

Longest Rushing Play

Rank	Record	Game
1	75	EMU vs WVU
2	49	KENT vs WVU
3	39	WVU vs AUB

Broken tackles

Rank	Record	Game
1	6	UGA vs WVU
2	5	PITT vs WVU
3	5	KENT vs WVU

20 yard rushing plays

Rank	Record	Game
1	4	KENT vs WVU
2	3	EMU vs WVU
3	1	WVU vs UK

Receiving

Receptions

Rank	Record	Game
1	10	WVU vs BAMA
2	9	UGA vs WVU
3	8	BGSU vs WVU

Receiving Yards

Rank	Record	Game
1	117	WVU vs BAMA
2	88	UGA vs WVU
3	62	WVU vs UK

Receiving Touchdowns

Rank	Record	Game
1	1	PITT vs WVU
2	1	WVU vs UNC
3	1	WVU vs UNC

Longest Receiving Play

Rank	Record	Game
1	78	WVU vs BAMA
2	39	WVU vs UK
3	33	WVU vs UNC

Defensive

Tackles

Rank	Record	Game
1	2	PLAYOFFS – TEX vs WVU
2	1	PITT vs WVU
3	1	BAMA vs WVU

Returns

Kick returns

Rank	Record	Game
1	5	WVU vs AUB
2	5	OKST vs WVU
3	4	CLEM vs WVU

Kick return yards

Rank	Record	Game
1	132	CLEM vs WVU
2	118	OKST vs WVU
3	113	WVU vs AUB

Longest kick return

Rank	Record	Game
1	54	CLEM vs WVU
2	31	WVU vs UNC
3	31	WVU vs PITT

Blunders

Fumbles

Rank	Record	Game
1	1	PITT vs WVU
2	1	PITT vs WVU
3	1	KENT vs WVU

Drops

Rank	Record	Game
1	1	BGSU vs WVU
2	1	FSU vs WVU
3	1	WVU vs UNC

West Virginia HB John Paul Smith making the catch and running in for a touchdown

West Virginia HB John Paul Smith throwing out the stiff arm to fight for the touchdown

West Virginia HB John Paul Smith making the catch and picking up a big gain down the sideline

West Virginia HB John Paul Smith breaking through the defense for the touchdown run

West Virginia HB John Paul Smith taking the carry to the outside and breaking it deep

West Virginia HB John Paul Smith taking the screen pass in for the touchdown

West Virginia HB John Paul Smith dashing through the middle of the defense for the touchdown

West Virginia HB John Paul Smith making the catch and taking it for the long touchdown

Army HB John Paul Smith extending to make the catch on the outside

Award	Season
All American RB	17