Senior (2018): Saw action in all 10 games, two as a starter at nose tackle … Started the season-opener against Point and the season-finale against Valparaiso … Played in both the FCS Bowl and the Spiral Tropical Bowl … Was credited with 13 tackles on the season … Had three tackles for losses of 11 yards including a sack for a loss of eight at Drake.
Junior (2017): Saw action in all 11 games ... Ended the season with 10 tackles and one quarterback hurry ... Had a season-high three tackles against Brown (10/7) ... Recorded two tackles against San Diego (10/28) ... Had one tackle each at Sacred Heart (9/2), at Marist (9/9), vs. Campbell (9/23), at Valparaiso (9/30) and vs. Davidson (10/14) ... Quarterback hurry came in the game against Davidson (10/14).
Sophomore (2016): Saw action as a reserve defensive lineman in all 11 games ... Was credited with three tackles for the season, two for loss ... Had a TFL in the win over Warner (9/10) ... Had a sack in the win over Brown (10/1) ... Recovered a fumble in the season finale against Drake (11/19).
Freshman (2015): Saw action in nine games ... Was credited with two tackles at Drake ... Had a pass breakup at Jacksonville.
High School: Was a four-year letter winner for coach Raymond Jennings ... Also competed for three years in the shot and discus on the track team and played lacrosse for two seasons ... Recorded 34 total tackles as a senior with six sacks and three other tackles for loss ... Over his final two seasons of prep play he recorded a total of 83 total tackles with eight sacks and 13 other tackles for loss ... Was a member of the National Honor Society and the National Beta Club ... Participated in the BioHealth Honors Magnet Program ... Also participated in the U.S. Military Junior Science & Humanities Symposium ... Received the Morehouse College Emerging Man of Scholarship certificate ... Was secretary of his senior class ... Participated in the VTO Sports Elite 100 Combine in Charlotte, NC, earning defensive lineman MVP honors ... Also participated in the National Underclassmen Combine in Charlotte, again winning defensive lineman MVP accolades ... Was involved with the SMOOTH (Serious Men Operating On-Purpose Through Honor) Movement ... Was active in the Interact Club ... Provided numerous community service efforts including: Invisible Children (a fundraiser for children in Africa), Challenge Day (a self-esteem workshop), Winter Wishes (shopping for an orphan or family for Christmas), BioHealth Science, Darrell Scott Youth Football Camps, the Palmetto Half Marathon and Columbia Marathon, the Harvest Hope Food Bank, Rice Creek Elementary Mother-Son Olympics, Bridge Creek Elementary Science Fair and Richland County Parks and Recreation.
Personal: Full name is Zane A. Smith ... Was born on March 29, 1997, in Columbia, SC ... Is the son of Gilbert and Miriam Smith ... Has one brother, Zachary ... His uncle, Ryan Stewart, played football at Georgia Tech and went on to play for five seasons with the Detroit Lions ... His cousin, Letrell Levine, played football at the University of Kansas and was drafted by the Denver Broncos ... Another cousin, Aundre Perkins, played football at Liberty ... His grandfather, Gilbert Smith, Sr., played college football at Morgan State University ... Is very active in his church, serving as a lay reader for morning worship services, as a youth missionary, in the youth choir and as a volunteer with Vacation Bible School ... Established and runs his own business, Z Star Gear ... Chose Stetson over Cornell, Georgia Tech, Davidson and Presbyterian ... Received his degree in Finance with a minor in Sales.
