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2021 Football Roster

Laura O'Dell
Laura O'Dell

98 Christian Smith

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 293
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Trussville, Ala.
  • Prev School Tennessee Tech
  • Highschool Hewitt-Trussville
  • Twitter @ChristSmithG

Biography

- Transferred to UTC in the spring of 2018 from Tennessee Tech 
- Graduated with a degree in Sport Management in December 2021.
 
2021 (Junior II)
- Starter in the middle of the defensive line...nine games played with seven starts.
- 14 tackles with 2.5 for loss and a half sack...career-high five stops at VMI where he shared his first career sack...first TFL of the year came at Kentucky.
- D-Line led the way to a dominating defensive effort for the squad leading the SoCon in every major statistical category: Total (275.8), Scoring (17.1), Rushing (122.3) & Passing (153.5)…the unit was top 20 nationally in Passing (2nd), First Downs Allowed (3rd), Total (9th), Third-Down Conversions (10th), Scoring (11th), Interceptions (14th), Pass Efficiency (15th), Rushing (16th), Sacks (16th) and TFLs (18th).
 
2020-21 (Junior)
- Seven tackles in two games.
- Made four stops at Western Kentucky, including a TFL and a hurry.
- Three tackles at Furman.
- Dean's List and the A.D. Honor Roll in the fall with a 4.0 GPA...SoCon Honor Roll.
 
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
- Played in the first seven games of the year before an injury against ETSU ended his season...posted nine tackles.
- Dean's List and the A.D. Honor Roll...SoCon Honor Roll. 
 
2018 (Sophomore)
- Sat out the season as a redshirt due to NCAA transfer rules.
 
Prior to Chattanooga
- Posted 12 tackles in six games at Tennessee Tech in 2017.
- 2017 graduate of Hewitt-Trussville (Ala.) High School...66 tackles, including 18 for-loss, four sacks and 19 hurries as a senior.
- Alabama Sports Writers Association All-State second team selection...Trussville Tribune Defensive Player of the Year, honorable mention to the Birmingham News all-star team and selected to play in the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game in Montgomery, Ala.
- Won a state championship in 2014 with Leeds High School...received three player of the game honors during that season to go with 111 tackles over 15 games, en route to a ASWA All-State second team selection.
- Ended his career with 179 tackles, 16 sacks, 10 TFLs and 19 hurries.
 
Personal
- Full name is Christian Glenn Smith...son of Greg & Jackie Smith...born April 21, 1999.
- Graduated with a degree in Sport Management in December 2021.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 98

    2018Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 290 lbs
    98
  • 98

    2019Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 295 lbs
    98
  • 98

    2020Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 285 lbs
    98
  • 98

    2021Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 293 lbs
    98