Kobe Smith

2018 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2018 Harold White GPA Award – Defense

2017 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

CAREER
Veteran who provided leadership along the defensive line… appeared in 48 games making 17 starts… recorded 84 tackles including 7.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks with seven quarterback hurries.

2019
Senior defensive tackle who was the “glue” of the defensive line… credited with 28 tackles in 11 games as a starter… missed the season finale against Clemson due to injury… credited with 2.5 tackles for loss… matched his career high with six tackles in the upset win at Georgia… included was 1.0 tackle for loss and a half-sack… graduated in December.

2018    
Played in all 13 games, making the first six starts of his career… credited with 39 tackles including 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and four QB hurries… earned his first start against Vanderbilt and responded with a tackle and two quarterback hurries… set a career high with five tackles in the win over Ole Miss… got the start against Florida and rang up four tackles plus a QB hurry… set a new career high with six tackles against Clemson… tallied 1.5 sacks, the first of his career, vs. Akron… had five tackles including a tackle for loss in the Belk Bowl against Virginia… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll and was the Harold White GPA Award winner for the defense at the 2018 Garnet & Black spring game.

2017    
True sophomore defensive tackle who played in all 13 games… credited with 1.5 tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry… made two stops, including one for loss, at Texas A&M… also credited with two tackles versus Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Clemson… named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

2016    
True freshman who enrolled at Carolina in January… went through spring but was limited following shoulder surgery… defensive tackle who played in 11 games… credited with four tackles… made his debut in the Vanderbilt win… posted his first collegiate tackle at Mississippi State… made one tackle in the Missouri win, playing his most significant action of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL    
Graduated from Archer High School in Lawrenceville, Ga… played for Andy Dyer… helped the Tigers to an 11-2 record and a spot in the Georgia AAAAAA state quarterfinals as a senior… invited to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American Game following his senior season… Rivals considered him the 31st-best defensive tackle in the nation and the 48th-best player in Georgia… rated the 63rd-best defensive tackle in the nation and the 83rd-best player in the state of Georgia by 247Sports… was the 40th-best defensive tackle in the nation and the 43rd-best player in Georgia according to ESPN… an All-Southeast Region pick by PrepStar.

PERSONAL    
Kobe A. Smith was born June 23, 1998… is a sport and entertainment management major who graduated in December 2019… worked as an intern with the Gamecocks’ athletics marketing department over the summer.