Norfolk State University Athletics

2021 (Sophomore)
Played in the first four games of the season before missing the final seven games with an injury … Rushed 26 times for 116 yards and one touchdown … Also caught two passes for 29 yards and another score … Rushed nine times for 23 yards at Toledo … Caught a 10-yard TD pass at Wake Forest … Scored on a 1-yard run at St. Francis … Finished that game with six carries for 27 yards.

2020 (COVID)
NSU did not play due to COVID-19.

2019 (Freshman)
Played in seven games and started once as a rookie … Missed the first five games due to an injury … Still finished the year ranked second on the team with 430 rushing yards on 84 carries (5.1 average) and one touchdown … Also caught 11 passes for 141 yards …  Saw his first collegiate action against North Carolina A&T and ripped off a 62-yard run on his first carry … Finished that game with 75 rushing yards on nine carries … Hauled in a 41-yard reception at Howard … Eclipsed the 100-yard mark in his third game, rushing for 103 yards on 16 carries at Bethune-Cookman … Scored on a 49-yard run at B-CU … Logged season highs with 30 carries for 142 yards in the win over Morgan State … Those were also the most carries and yards by a Spartan back in 2019 and most yards by an NSU runner since 2013 … Also caught two passes for 25 yards in that game … Rushed nine times for 41 yards and caught two passes for 26 yards at N.C. Central … NSU AD Honor Roll member for the spring semester.

High School: A four-year standout in football and track and field … Helped Highland Springs win four state football championships and go 57-3 in his four years … Played running back and linebacker … Ran 97 times for 632 yards and five touchdowns as a junior … Region champion and state runner-up in the 55-meter dash his junior year … Also earned all-conference, all-region and all-state track honors as a sophomore.

Personal: Rayquan "King of NIL" Smith was born on July 11, 2001 … Son of Doria Smith … Plans to major in sociology.

Smith’s Career Highs
Rushes: 30 (vs. Morgan State, 11-2-19)
Rush. Yards: 142 (vs. Morgan State, 11-2-19)
Long Rush: 62 (vs. N.C. A&T, 10-5-19)
TD Rushes: 1 (at Bethune-Cookman, 10-19-19)
Rec.: 4 (vs. N.C. A&T, 10-5-19)
Rec. Yards: 41 (at Howard, 10-12-19)
Long Rec.: 41 (at Howard, 10-12-19)