OrTre Smith

Fifth-year wide receiver who hopes to be back to full speed after dealing with a knee injury and COVID concerns… provides a big target when he’s fully healthy… has appeared in 24 games including 11 starts… owns 42 career receptions for 420 yards and four touchdowns, with 30 of the catches coming in 2017 as a true freshman.

2020 (Redshirt Junior)

Fourth-year player who opted out of the 2020 season due to COVID concerns.

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)

Redshirt sophomore wide receiver who played in nine games including one start… was limited in the spring and some in the fall as he continued to work his way back from knee surgery… caught nine passes for 69 yards and a touchdown… did not play in the opener… had two catches for 28 yards against Charleston Southern… had a pair of receptions for 14 yards versus Alabama… had two catches including a four-yard TD against Florida… made his lone start of the season against Clemson.

2018 (Sophomore)

Played in just two games before succumbing to a lingering knee issue that required surgery… caught three passes for 25 yards… had an 11-yard reception in the opener against Coastal Carolina, then logged two receptions for 14 yards against Georgia… took a medical redshirt.

2017 (Freshman)

True freshman who enrolled at South Carolina in January… was limited in some contact drills throughout much of the spring while continuing to rehab from an ankle injury suffered in high school… appeared in all 13 games making 10 starts… ranked third on the team with 30 catches… averaged 10.9 yards per catch with three touchdowns… caught at least three passes in eight of the last nine games… ranked fourth among freshmen in the SEC with 2.3 catches per game and sixth with 25.1 receiving yards per game… caught his first career pass against Kentucky, a nine-yard touchdown… made his first career start vs. Louisiana Tech and caught two passes for 36 yards, including a 28-yard scoring strike in the fourth quarter… hauled in three passes for 28 yards at Texas A&M, including a touchdown reception for the third-consecutive game… posted identical lines of three catches for 40 yards in the Arkansas and Tennessee wins… led Carolina with five catches for 60 yards in the win over Florida.

HIGH SCHOOL

Graduated from Wando High School in Mount Pleasant, S.C., in December 2016… caught 37 passes for 448 yards and two touchdowns at wide receiver while totaling 29 tackles and an interception as the starting safety before missing the remainder of the 2016 season with an ankle injury, which required surgery… played for coach Jimmy Noonan… the Warriors posted an 8-4 record in his senior season… named the Class 5A Lower State Back of the Year by the South Carolina Football Coaches Association… was a finalist for the Mr. Football award… selected to play in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas following his senior season… traveled to the U.S. Army All-American Game in San Antonio but did not participate due to the injury… logged 84 catches for 1,364 yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior and 28 receptions for 441 yards and four scores as a sophomore… Rivals rated him as the top player in the Palmetto State, the 15th-best wide receiver in the country and No. 104 overall… ranked by 247Sports as the top player in the Palmetto State, the 15th-best wide receiver in the country and No. 86 overall… ESPN considered him as the second-best player in the state, the 36th-best wide receiver in the nation and No. 234 on the ESPN300 list… Scout considered him the 25th-best wide receiver in the country and No. 185 overall.

PERSONAL
OrTre A. Smith was born Sept. 11, 1998… graduated in December 2020 with a degree in experimental psychology… mother, Tashia Greene, played volleyball at Clemson from 1989-90.