Armorion Smith

Fifth-year senior enters his third year at Michigan State . . . defensive back has played in 23 collegiate games (12 at Cincinnati in 2022; 11 at MSU in 2023-24) . . . has recorded 26 career tackles, one interception and one pass break-up . . . nominated for the 2024 Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award . . . named to the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year Award Watch List . . . featured on the Oct. 25 episode of ESPN College GameDay. 2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played in seven games (vs. Maryland, Prairie View A&M, Boston College, Ohio State, Oregon, Iowa, Michigan) to earn his second Spartan letter . . . played 58 snaps on defense at safety and made 57 appearances on special teams . . . recorded two tackles vs. Ohio State while playing a season-high 26 snaps at safety and also tying a season high with 11 appearances on special teams . . . tallied one stop in 11 snaps on defense and 11 plays on special teams at Boston College . . . had one tackle in 26 total plays vs. Prairie View A&M (19 at safety, seven on special teams) . . . made his season debut with three snaps vs. Maryland. 2023 SEASON (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in the first four games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury . . . played a total of 75 snaps on defense at safety . . . also made 11 appearances on special teams . . . recorded two tackles . . . played a season-high 42 snaps vs. Maryland . . . broke up a pass and played 14 snaps vs. Washington . . . credited with a solo tackle during his seven snaps vs. Richmond . . . had a solo tackle in 12 snaps during his Spartan debut vs. Central Michigan. 2022 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN AT CINCINNATI): Played in 12 games for the Bearcats . . . compiled 20 tackles (18 solo, two assists) . . . played a total of 185 snaps on defense and 145 plays on special teams . . . rotated in with the first team at safety . . . made first career interception and returned it 20 yards vs. Louisville in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl . . . also tallied a career-best five tackles against the Cardinals while tying his season high with 39 defensive snaps . . . recorded three tackles at Temple (Nov. 19) . . . made four stops and saw action for 39 snaps on defense at UCF (Oct. 29) . . . made a pair of stops at SMU (Oct. 22) . . . tallied three tackles against Kennesaw State in Week 2. 2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN AT CINCINNATI): Redshirted. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played for Coach Corey Parker at River Rouge High School in Detroit . . . first-team all-state selection as a senior in 2020 by the Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, The Associated Press and MLive . . . Dream Team selection by the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association . . . recorded 48 tackles, three interceptions and three forced fumbles his senior season . . . helped River Rouge to the 2019 Division 3 state title, the first in school history, and a runner-up finish in 2020 (championship game played on Jan. 23, 2021) . . . led River Rouge with nine tackles and one TFL in the 2020 state title game . . . ranked among the top players in the state of Michigan in the class of 2021 by Rivals (No. 26), 247Sports (No. 29) and ESPN.com (No. 29) . . . listed among the top safeties in the nation in the class of 2021 by 247Sports (No. 72) and ESPN.com (No. 83) . . . son of the late Gala Gilliam.