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Cam Smith
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Little Elm, TX
- High School:
- Braswell
A talented cornerback who enters his senior season with 29 total and 27 consecutive starts under his belt entering 2025 ... Both of those marks are by far the most for any returning OSU player ... Has also played in 41 career games.
2024 (Junior): One of five Cowboy defensive players to start all 12 games ... Finished the year with 34 tackles, including 25 solo stops ... Recorded on interception at Tulsa that he returned for 51 yards ... His seven pass breakups tied for the second most on the team ... Had two each against BYU and Arizona State ... Made at least one tackle in 11 games and multiple stops in nine games with a of four tackles in five games ... Had one tackle for loss against Utah ... Named the OSU defensive player of the week following the win at Tulsa ... Served as a game captain against Utah.
2023 (Sophomore): One of nine Cowboys and seven defenders who started all 14 games ... Finished the year with 26 tackles, 18 of which were solo stops ... Made 2.5 tackles for loss ... His four pass breakups tied for the fourth-most on the team ... Had an interception at Houston on the Cougars’ final drive of the game to help seal the win for the Cowboys ... Had eight tackles in the Big 12 Championship game against Texas, two of which were tackles for loss ... Had at least one tackle in 12 games and multiple stops in six games ... Had one pass breakup each against Oklahoma, UCF, Houston and BYU ... His breakup in the Bedlam win came on a third-and-seven in the second quarter and forced a punt that led to a Cowboy scoring drive ... The breakup at Houston came on a fourth-and-three and stopped the opening UH possession of the game.
2022 (Freshman): Played in all 13 games and earned his first three career starts against Texas, Kansas and Wisconsin ... He and Kendal Daniels were the only two OSU freshman to start a game on defense ... Finished the year with 22 tackles, 16 of which were solo stops, to go along with a pair of pass breakups ... His tackles total ranked third among OSU’s cornerback ... Made at least one tackle in seven games and at least three tackles in five games ... Had a season-best five tackles in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against Wisconsin ... Made four stops each against Central Michigan and Texas Tech ... One of his pass breakups came against Texas Tech and the other came against Texas.
2021: Played two games while redshirting, playing against Kansas and in the Fiesta Bowl win over No. 5 Notre Dame ... Recorded a solo tackle against the Fighting Irish as he forced a kickoff returner out of bounds in the fourth quarter.
High School: Played for Cody Moore at Braswell … Finished his career as a three-year starter with 180 receptions, 2,521 yards and 31 touchdowns … Excelled on both sides of the ball, earning first-team all-district honors at cornerback and wide receiver in 2019 … With 76 catches for 1,259 yards and 15 touchdowns as a junior, he was the first 1,000-yard receiver in school history … Led his team to a 9-3 record and an appearance in the 5A-II state playoffs in 2019 … Named a first-team receiver as a sophomore with 38 catches for 444 yards and two touchdowns … Had eight catches, 199 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Richardson Pearce … Also competed in track and basketball … A two-time first-team all-district selection in basketball and ran the 200 meters, relays, long jump and triple jump in track … A member of the all-academic first team and the National Honor Society ... The No. 62 athlete and the No. 123 player in the state of Texas according to 247Sports ... Chose OSU over SMU, Kansas State, Utah, Vanderbilt and others.
Personal: Cam Elonzo Smith was born in Dallas … Son of Charles and Deshima Smith … Father and grandfather played football at Grambling State and his grandfather, Charles E. Smith, played for the Philadelphia Eagles … Business major.
