Montreze Smith

Awards and Honors: 2025 Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-America (LB) 2025 FCS Football Central Freshman All-America (LB) 2025 UAC Freshman of the Year 2025 First Team All-UAC (LB) 2025 Stats Perform Jerry Rice Award Finalist UAC Freshman of the Week: Oct. 27, Nov. 17 (2025) Prior to Austin Peay: Began his collegiate career at Duke (2024) before transferring to Western Kentucky for the spring 2025 semester. 2024: Appeared in four games for the Blue Devils during a redshirt season... Had his season’s lone tackle in the opener against Elon (Aug. 30). High School: Played linebacker for head coach Joey Kind at Carrollton High School… Was a four-year varsity letterwinner, helping CHS to a 46-7 record and four-straight playoff appearances, including a state championship appearance during his junior season… Had 218 tackles, 32 tackles for loss, and six pass breakups during his prep career... Rated a three-star prospect by ESPN.com, 247Sports.com, On3.com, and Rivals.com... Ranked the No. 83 player in Georgia and No. 23 inside linebacker in the country by ESPN.com... Ranked the No. 94 player in Georgia by 247Sports.com. Personal: Montreze Donte Smith Jr. is the son of Montreze Smith and Shanika Avery... Birthday is March 17... Has one sibling, Ariana… A criminal justice major.