Te'Sean Smoot

Appeared in nine games for the Hornets in his first season with the team...Threw for 1,150 yards and 10 touchdowns on a 70 percent completion mark...Averaged 127.8 yards per game and 16.2 yards per play...Added 95 yards on 14 carries, including a season-best 20 yard run against Tuskegee (Nov. 27)...Had his best game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, going 20-for-28 with 271 yards and four touchdowns in the team's 44-13 victory (Nov. 22)...Named SWAC Newcomer of the Week twice after his performances against Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 15) and Arkansas-Pine Bluff...Finished the season ranked ninth in the SWAC in total offense, averaging 138.3 total yards per game. Redshirted in 2024. A three-star prospect by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN coming out of Springfield High School in Springfield, Ohio…247Sports rated him the 84th-best quarterback in his class and one of the top 50 players in Ohio…prepped for head coach Maurice Douglass at Springfield High School in Springfield, Ohio…as a senior in 2021, was named the Division I all-Ohio Offensive Player of the Year, as well as to the First Team All-Ohio Team by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association…also named to the All-District Team and tabbed the Southwest District's Offensive Player of the Year…in 2021, threw for 3,006 yards and ran for 973 in 15 games…he ran for 23 touchdowns and passed for 21 more…in his final game, he completed 29-for-43 passes for 349 yards and a touchdown…was part of a senior class that went 42-8 in their careers.