Josiah Smith

Team captain in 2025 ... 2025 Best Defensive Back Award ... 2025 Defensive Coaches Award ... Atlanta Falcons Man of the Year finalist in 2025 ... Second Team All-Region ... four-year letterwinner at linebacker and receiver for Newnan High School ... member of the NFHS and GHSA Student Advisory Councils ... High Honors graduate ... also a region champion thrower in track and field, ranking among the top 10 in school history in both the shot put and the discus, and a state qualifier and All-Region wrestler in the 215-pound weight class. Son of Shronda and Jerome Smith ... mother attended Georgia and father attended Albany State ... has a sister, Jaida, who attended Albany State ... from Palmetto, Georgia ... born in Atlanta ... career objective is to become a business and finance entrepreneur ... enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.