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2024 Football Roster

24 Phillip Smitherman

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 191
  • Hometown Oklahoma City, OK
  • Highschool Heritage Hall

Biography

2024: Member of the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honors Society ... Appeared in eight contests ... Made his Bison debut in the victory over Mercyhurst (Sept. 7) ... Had a blocked kick in the win over Sacred Heart (Oct. 12) ... Notched a solo tackle versus South Carolina State (Nov. 9).

2023 (at Harvard): Played all 10 games, producing 25 tackles with one for loss ... Had a season-high eight tackles at Columbia ... Game sealing interception in conference game vs. Dartmouth ... Supported Harvard in winning Ivy League Championship.

2022 (at Harvard): Won the team's most improved player award ... Did not play.

2021 (at Harvard): Supported Harvard in winning Ivy League Championship ... Did not play.

2020 (at Harvard): Did not compete due to season cancellation by the Ivy League.

High School:  Attended Heritage Hall High where he played all four year ... Named team captain his final season ... Helped the team win two a pair of state championships (4A in 2017, 3A in 2018) ... Began 2019 as a Rivals Top-35 player in Oklahoma ... Named to the Daily Oklahoman all-state team as a senior and was the district MVP ... Named the Defensive Back of the Year in 2019 ... Finished career with the longest touchdown in school history (95 yards) and had the second-best receiving yards total.

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