Blake Smotherman

Received a B.S. in mechanical engineering in May 2026 ... Second-Team All-RMAC … NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll member …Named a captain for the Chadron State game … Key blocker and receiver at tight end, starting all 11 games ... Caught career-highs in receptions (21), touchdowns (3), and yards (218) in 2025 ... Had two touchdowns against New Mexico Highlands and another versus Adams State … Top yardage game was against NMHU with a career-best 73 yards on four receptions … Caught a two-point conversion against Chadron State … Part of RMAC's #2 rushing offense (234.8 ypg) and #2 total offense (450.9 ypg) ... Three different Mines RBs had 150+ yard games in 2025 ... Mines ranked #12 nationally and #4 regionally in rushing offense. NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Appeared in all 11 games with 10 starts at tight end … Caught one pass for eight yards … Key blocker on a line that produced D-II's #5 total offense, #12 scoring offense, #15 rushing offense, and #11 passing offense in 2024 ... Mines was the RMAC's #1 total offense (482.7 yards per game) and #2 rushing offense (202.2 yards per game). RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … NFFCC Academic All-Colorado First Team ... Appeared in 15 games with two starts at tight end … Caught seven passes for 106 yards and a touchdown … First collegiate score came against South Dakota Mines … Had three catches for 23 yards in the postseason. Redshirted. Captain at Fort Collins HS ... Played tight end and defensive end ... Two-time honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference ... Led Fort Collins to the Metro 1 5A league championship and state sweet 16 ... Doc Pike Leadership Award recipient ... Four-year honor athlete ... Also won three letters in baseball, helping FCHS to the Colorado state semis in 2021 ... Two-time First-Team Academic All-Colorado in both football and baseball ... Four-year academic letterwinner.