NIL OPPORTUNITIES
- Joined the program in the summer of 2024
- Pronounced cuh-VAIR-REE-us or simply CJ
Podium Finishes
5th-2025 Black Knight Invite
5th-2025 Kent State Open
Career (Entering 2026-27)
- 28-16 overall with an 11-7 dual mark and 17-9 in tournaments.
- 7-1 in SoCon duals.
- Seven falls.
- Two ranked wins...highest: Dec. over #25 Kyrel Leavell (Citadel).
2025-26 (Second)
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SoCon All-Freshman...
third at SoCon Championships...
SoCon Wrestler of the Week (Nov. 26).
- 24-10 overall with a 10-5 dual record and 14-5 in tournaments...16 wins produced bonus points with a team-best seven falls.
- Dual +/-: +24 (46-22)...one of three Mocs (Landon Jones/Ethan Vergara) to start every dual.
- Team leader in wins & team dual points earned (46).
- 2-0 vs ranked opponents after decision over #25 Kyrel Leavell (Citadel)...5th at Black Knight Invite with first career ranked win by fall over #32 Joe Antonio (Army)...also 5th at Kent State Open.
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.
2024-25 (First)
- Redshirted.
- 3-6 record including 1-2 in duals.
- Two dual losses were competitive bouts with NCAA qualifiers Matty Bianchi of Little Rock (0-5 dec.) and DJ Washington from Indiana (4-11)...the Washington loss came wrestling up two classes at 184 to a perennially ranked wrestler.
- Dean's List & A.D. Honor Roll.
Prior to Chattanooga
- Wrestled at Buchholz for Coach Billy Pankey...dominant career with a 189-30 record...126-9 over last two seasons.
- 4-time qualifier for state championship...FHSAA Champ as a junior and senior after placing third as a sophomore.
- 3-time Wrestler of the Year for the Bobcats.
Personal
- Son Tuwonna Smith and Alonzo Smith...two siblings; Alana Hicks and Quandrius Smith.
- Business Analytics major.
