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Nov 11 (Sat) 7:30 p.m.
Florida at#18 LSU
Baton Rouge, La.

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TEAM INFORMATION
FLORIDA
Head Coach: Billy Napier
Career Record: 51-23 (27-5 Sun Belt) [5th season]
Record at UF: 11-11 (6-8 SEC) [2nd season]
Record vs. LSU: 0-1
Rankings: NR (AP) / NR (Coaches)
2022 Record: 6-7, 3-5 SEC (T-4th in East)

LSU
Head Coach: Brian Kelly
Career Record: 300-104-2
Record at LSU: 16-7 (10-4 SEC) [2nd season]
Record vs. UF: 2-0
Rankings: 18 (AP) / 19 (Coaches)
2022 Record: 10-4, 6-2 SEC (T-1st in West)

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Tied, 33-33-3
Last Meeting: LSU 45, Florida 35
(October 15, 2022)
Recent History: LSU, W4
UF has won 20 of last 35 since ‘88
In Gainesville: Florida leads, 16-15-3
In Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 18-17
Neutral: N/A

 

NUMBERS OF NOTE
188 / 284​

QB Graham Mertz has not thrown an interception in his last 188 pass attempts, which is the second-longest streak in program history behind Tim Tebow’s 203 from 2007-08. Mertz has been picked off just once in his last 284 attempts
dating back to Week 1

 

THE STORYLINE​

• Week 11 represents the 70th all-time meeting between Florida and LSU including the 36th matchup in Baton Rouge.

• Whoever wins this matchup gains the edge in the all-time series, as it is currently tied at 33-33-3.

• The Gators are 12-9 on the road vs. LSU across the last 21 meetings dating back to 1981 despite being 2-7 since 2005.

• Over the last four meetings with LSU, Florida is averaging 487.3 yards per game and 330.0 passing yards per game.

• The Gators have rushed for 100-plus yards vs. LSU in seven straight games and in 11 of the last 12 meetings.

• In Florida’s last trip to Death Valley in 2021, the Gators came up short in a 49-42 shootout that saw UF total 498 yards. QB Anthony Richardson threw for 167 yards and three touchdowns.

• This is the second meeting between UF HC Billy Napier and LSU HC Brian Kelly as head coaches.

• The Gators have won 13 of their last 16 games in The Swamp (including eight of 10), but are 2-14 in their last 16 contests outside The Swamp and 2-10 in their last 12 true road games.

• Dating back to the 2018 season, Napier ranks 10th in the FBS with 51 total victories, trailing only Nick Saban (69), Kirby Smart (68), Dabo Swinney (64), Brian Kelly (60), Lincoln Riley (60), Luke Fickell (57), Jim Harbaugh (54), Ryan
Day (54) and Josh Heupel (53). He has more wins than Kirk Ferentz, James Franklin, Sonny Dykes, Mike Gundy, Mark
Stoops, Mario Cristobal, and Mike Norvell in that time, among others.

• UF has scored in 33 straight trips to the red zone (25 TD, 8 FG), ranking ninth in the FBS with a 94.4% conversion rate. The Gators have converted on every trip to the red zone across their last eight games.

• Florida ranks fifth in the FBS in kick return defense, allowing an average of 13.8 yards per kick (18.4 per game).

• QB Graham Mertz has completed 73.9% of his passes (221-for-299), which leads the SEC and ranks fifth nationally.

• Mertz has thrown multiple touchdown passes in five straight games including notching his first 400-yard passing game in Week 7, throwing for 423 yards and three touchdowns at South Carolina.

• WR Eugene Wilson III leads all FBS true freshmen in receptions per game (6.4) and ranks third in receiving yards (416) and receiving yards per game (59.4). He has 19 catches for 165 yards and three touchdowns in the last three games.

• In year one under DC Austin Armstrong, Florida ranks 32nd in the P5 and 44th in the FBS in total defense with 350.3 yards allowed per game. Through nine games last year, UF had allowed 441.4 yards per game (-91.1 YPG).

• Florida boasts the fifth-best passing defense in the SEC (209.2), ranking 44th in the FBS and 23rd in the P5.

• Conversely, LSU leads the nation in total offense (544.6) backed by the third-most passing yards per game (332.4). The Tigers are averaging 45.2 yards per game. Each of the numbers above paces the SEC.

• Florida has scored in 445 consecutive games dating back to 1988 - an NCAA record and 53 games longer than any other college football team in the sport's history.

 

THE GRAHAM MERTZ FILES​

• QB Graham Mertz leads the SEC with a 73.9% completion percentage entering Week 11, ranking fifth in the FBS.

• Across the last four weeks, Mertz has combined for 1,189 passing yards (297.3 YPG), 111 completions, a 69.4% completion percentage, 11 touchdowns and zero interceptions.

• Graded against On3’s top-25 transfer portal quarterbacks from this offseason, Mertz ranks first in passer rating, first in completion percentage, first in fewest interceptions, second in passing yards, second in completions, third in attempts, fourth in total touchdowns and fifth in passing touchdowns.

• Mertz has now opened his UF career with nine-straight games completing 62.0% of his passes and one passing touchdown (70.5%, 82.4%, 79.2%, 87.0%, 83.3%, 83.3%, 62.5%, 71.0%, 62.0%).

• Mertz opened the campaign with six consecutive performances with a completion percentage above 70.0% (first Gator to ever do so) and has accomplished the feat in seven of nine games this season.

• Mertz has started all 41 games he has played since 2020, ranking t-sixth among FBS quarterbacks in games played.

• Mertz ranks 20th in the FBS and 15th in the Power Five with a 159.0 passer rating. He has reached 150.0 in seven of the last eight games and has four performances above 165.0 in nine games this season.

• Mertz’s 159.0 rating is in line to be the highest by a UF quarterback since Kyle Trask in 2020, while ranking eighth all-time in single-season program history (second-highest since Tebow in 2009).

• Mertz has thrown a touchdown pass in 24 of his last 27 games including all eight starts as a Gator.

• He has thrown multiple touchdown passes in five straight games.

• In Week 6 vs. Vanderbilt, Mertz (30-for-36, 83% comp.) joined Tim Tebow (2010 vs. Cincinnati*) as the only Florida quarterback to complete 80.0% of his passes or better on 35 attempts or more since 1996.

• In Week 4 vs. McNeese, Mertz’s 87.0% completion percentage (20-for-23) was the highest from a Gators QB since Kyle Trask’s mark of 90.0% (18-20) against Towson on Sept. 28, 2019 (minimum 20 attempts).

• Mertz finished with 193 yards passing and one TD vs. McNeese for a 197.1 passing effieciency - the best by a Florida quarterback in the Billy Napier era and the third-highest by a UF QB across the past three seasons.

• In his Gators debut at No. 14 Utah, Mertz became the fourth Florida quarterback in program history with 300 yards passing, 30 completions and a 70% completion percentage in a game, joining Rex Grossman (2002 vs.
Georgia), Tim Tebow (2010 vs. Cincinnati), and Kyle Trask (three times).

 

REVIEWING THE RUN GAME​

• In Week 10, RB Trevor Etienne led UF with 80 yards on 12 carries (6.7 YPC) while scoring his 10th career TD.

• Etienne sits fourth in the SEC with 6.0 yards per carry, owning 529 yards on 88 attempts.

• In Week 9, RB Montrell Johnson Jr. led the backfield with nine carries, 82 yards and 9.1 yards per carry as Florida finished with 109 yards rushing vs. Georgia -- the third-most allowed by the Bulldogs this season.

• In Week 6 vs. Vanderbilt, Johnson Jr. rushed 18 times for 135 yards and 7.5 YPC with one score.

• Johnson Jr.’s 26 career rushing TDs rank second among active SEC running backs behind Quinshon Judkins and are tied for 18th among FBS players. He owns 28 multi-purpose TDs (16 at UF: 14 rushing, two receiving).

• Johnson Jr. is tied for sixth in the SEC (fifth among running backs) with 14 rushing touchdowns since 2022.

• Johnson Jr. finished with 160 scrimmage yards on 21 touches and forced nine missed tackles in Week 6.

• Etienne rushed for a career-high 172 yards on a career-high 23 attempts while posting the third 100-yard rushing game of his career in Week 3 vs. Tennessee, earning numerous national weekly honors.

• Etienne’s 172 rushing yards were the most by a Gator in a single game across the past nine seasons (2015-2023). His performance ranks eighth in UF history across the last 25 seasons (1999-2023).

• Etienne’s 172 rushing yards is the fourth-highest total of any SEC player this season, ranking 20th in the P5.

• Johnson Jr. and Etienne have combined for at least one touchdown in 16 of 22 games the last two years, scoring 26 total touchdowns. The duo has combined for 24 total rushing touchdowns in 22 games.

• Florida posted its 10th 200-yard rushing game since 2022 (second of 2023) in Week 6 vs. Vanderbilt.

• Florida has rushed for 100-plus yards in 15 of their last 22 games dating back to last season (five in 2023

 

UFormula ​

• Florida brought in a plethora of experience this past
offseason, adding 13 players via the transfer portal.

• UF’s group of 2023 transfers wields more than 10,000
combined snaps and 123 career starts, helping to fill vital voids at quarterback, offensive line, defensive end, and inside linebacker.

• Over 70% of UF’s scholarship players are in their first or
second year at Florida.

• 93% of the 2023 roster was on campus for the offsea-
son, featuring 27 midyear enrollees (17 HS, 10 transfer).

• Staff attrition was minimal during the 2022-23 offseason,
as seven of Florida’s 10 full-time assistants returned.

• Despite last year’s 6-7 record, Florida outscored its
opponents, 384 to 375, including 70-42 off turnovers.

• Florida lost six regular-season games in 2022 by a
combined 61 points.

 

WILSON III, PEARSALL & THE UF RECEIVERS ROOM​

• WR Ricky Pearsall has paced Florida in receiving yards in six of nine games this year. He led with 99 yards on six catches in Week 9 and set career highs in Week 7 at SC with 10 catches and 166 yards en route to his fifth-career 100-yard contest (fourth at UF). Pearsall boasts 320 yards and 21 grabs in the last three games.

• WR Eugene Wilson III paced pass-catchers in yardage in Weeks 3 and 10, totaling a career-high 90 yards on eight catches including two touchdowns vs. Arkansas. The week prior, Wilson III set a UF freshman record with a career-high 11 receptions in Week 9 vs. Georgia, breaking the tie held between himself, Jabar Gaffney and Reidel Anthony with eight. He finished with 75 yards and one touchdown.

• Wilson III leads all FBS true freshmen in receptions per game (6.4) and ranks third in receving yards (416) and receiving yards per game (59.4).

• Wilson III has 248 yards, 25 catches and three touchdowns across the last three games, and 312 yards, 33 catches and four touchdowns in the previous four.

• As a true freshman, Wilson ranks second on the roster behind Pearsall in yards (416) and receptions (45).

• TE Arlis Boardingham led UF receivers with a career-high 99 yards in Week 6 vs. Vanderbilt.

• Boardingham (RS freshman) ranks third on the team in yards (268) and receptions (23, t-third).

• WR Kahleil Jackson set a career high in receiving yards (52) and caught his first-ever touchdown in Week 7.

• Pearsall has surpassed 90 yards receiving five times and six-plus grabs in six contests this season.

• Pearsall has recorded a reception in 37 consecutive games, the seventh-longest streak in the FBS.

• Of Pearsall’s 88 catches at Florida, 61 (69.3%) have been for first downs (27 of 33 in 2022; 34 of 55 in 2023).

• Pearsall sits t-21st in the FBS (third in SEC) with 55 catches and fifth in the SEC (15th in P5) with 85.9 receiving YPG.

• True freshman WR Andy Jean was the 17th UF player to catch a pass in 2023.

• In Week 2, Wilson III became the first Gators true freshman wide receiver to start a home opener since Antonio Callaway in 2015 vs. New Mexico State

 

BACKFIELD​

• UF has three RBs averaging at least 5.2 YPC with at least two rushing TDs (Treyaun Webb, Johnson Jr., Etienne).

• Webb rushed four times for 70 yards (17.5 YPC) in Week 6. He scored his first career touchdown vs. McNeese in
Week 2 – the first Gators true freshman running back to do so since Trevor Etienne vs. Kentucky in 2022.

• Johnson Jr. scored two touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) in Week 3, marking his second-straight game with multiple scores and the sixth of his three-year career.

• In their first seasons as Gators, Johnson Jr. (155 carries, 841 yards, 5.4 YPC, 10 TD) and Etienne (118 carries, 718 yards, 6.1 YPC, 6 TD) teamed up to form one of the top backfield duos in the country.

• Florida averaged 5.5 YPC and 200.2 rushing YPG, posted eight 200-yard games and eclipsed 100 yards 12 times.

• As a duo, Johnson Jr. and Etienne averaged 5.7 YPC and 120.0 rushing YPG. They were one of 15 RB duos in the FBS to rush for over 700 yards apiece last season, including one of three duos to do so while each averaging over 5.4 YPC.

• Johnson Jr. is one of nine FBS players with 10-plus rushing TDs and 800 yards rushing each of the last two full seasons.

• Etienne’s ‘22 FBS ranks among true freshmen RBs: YPC (fourth - 6.1), TD (T10th - six), rush yards (eighth - 719).

• Etienne ranked fourth in the FBS among true freshman running backs with 6.1 yards per carry and was one of nine true freshman RBs in the FBS with over 700 rushing yards.

• From 2021-22, 24 FBS RBs surpassed 800-plus yards and 12 RBs eclipsed 10-plus rushing TDs in consecutive years. Johnson Jr. is the only player on either list to accomplish the feats at two different schools

 

STATE OF THE O-LINE ​

• Florida was named to the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll on Oct. 17, given to the nation’s top O-Line.

• Florida added three experienced offensive linemen out of the transfer portal this offseason in Micah Mazzccua (Baylor), Lyndell Hudson II (FIU) and Damieon George Jr. (Alabama).

• UF has allowed 43 sacks in 23 games under Billy Napier, which is tied for fifth in the SEC (1.9 per game).

• C Jake Slaughter ranks as the No. 16 center in the FBS per PFF (75.5). His 81.0 pass block grade ranks 19th.

• Across the last three seasons (2021-23), Florida has allowed the 19th-fewest sacks in the P5 and second in the SEC behind Georgia. During that span, the Gators have out-sacked opponents by a plus-18 margin (75-57

 

OFFENSIVE GRAB BAG​

• Over the last four seasons (2020-23), Florida ranks 12th in the P5 and fifth in the SEC with 453.9yards per game.

• Since 2018, UF ranks ninth in the P5 in passing efficiency (153.0) and 13th in TD-INT ratio (3.02).

• Florida has out-gained its opponents in 23 of 35 games across the past three campaigns (2021-23).

• The Gators have totaled 500-plus yards in four of the last 19 games and in 16 of their last 46 contests.

• In Week 7, the Gators eclipsed 400 yards for the 10th time since the start of 2022 (third of 2023). Florida has amassed 400-plus total yards 27 times in its last 45 games including 40 of the last 64 contests.

• With 215 yards vs. Vandy, UF has rushed for over 200 yards 16 times since 2021 including 10 occasions in the Billy Napier era.

• Florida has scored 40 points eight times in 35 games from 2021-23 including four times in the Napier era.

• Florida has scored 30 points 17 times in 35 games from 2021-23 including 11 times in the Napier era

 

CHARTING UF’S DEFENSIVE TURNAROUND​

• Through the first nine games of the 2023 season, the Gators have only allowed 222 points (24.6 per game), compared to 2022, when Florida allowed 263 total points through nine games - a 41-point improvement.
» Additionally, Florida is limiting opponents to 350.4 total yards per game this season, a 91-yard improvement from last year’s 441.4 yards per game through nine games.
» In the last six games in The Swamp, opponents have totaled 89 points (14.8 points per game).
» At No. 14 Utah, the Gators held the Utes to just 38 total yards in the second half - the team’s lowest total in a half since 18 vs. Vanderbilt on Nov. 9, 2019.
» In the home opener vs. McNeese, UF held the Cowboys to 46 rushing yards - fewest since 44 vs. South Carolina last season. Florida also held McNeese to 66 passing yards - fewest since Charleston Southern in 2018.
» In Week 2, UF posted its best defensive performance (112 yards) in 86 games (Sept. 17, 2016 vs. North Texas - 53).
» Florida held No. 11 Tennessee to its third-fewest points (16) in the Josh Heupel era. The Gators also hold the mark for second-fewest in the head coach’s tenure with 14 points allowed in 2021.
» Against Vanderbilt, the Gators held the Commodores to 64 total rushing yards. It marked the third time this season Florida has held opponents to under 100 rushing yards and fifth in the Napier era

 

CASTELL IMPRESSIVE FROM DAY ONE​

• Florida true freshman Jordan Castell has already began to build his legacy and name among Gator Nation.

• Castell has played in all nine games and has started the last eight consecutively beginning with the home-
opening 49-7 victory vs. McNeese.
» He finished with three tackles vs. the Cowboys and played the most snaps among defensive players with 27.

• He ranks second overall in defensive snaps played this season with 472, only trailing Jason Marshall Jr. by two snaps who has started all nine games this year.
» In six games this season, the Orlando native has been in the top-three in snaps played in a game: first vs.McNeese, Tennessee, Georgia and Arkansas; second vs. Charlotte and third at Kentucky.

• According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), Castell is the Gators’ best tackler with a grade of 85.8 and has only missed four tackles in his first collegiate season.
» Castell ranks fifth overall among true freshman safeties in the FBS and second in the SEC behind Alabama’s Caleb
Downs.

• His Week 3 performance in the 29-16 victory over No. 11 Tennessee earned him a pair of weekly honors with SEC Freshman of the Week and Shaun Alexander National Freshman of the Week.
» He had his first of two double-digit tackle games with a team-high 10 tackles and a pass breakup.
» The national honor also places him on the Shaun Alexander National Freshman of the Year Award, joining fellow true freshman Eugene Wilson III.
» Castell was also tabbed a FWWA (Football Writers Association of America) Midseason Freshman All-American Watch List. Florida’s last freshman all-American selection was Jawaan Taylor (OL) and Daid Reese II (LB) in
2018. The last Gators true freshman saftey to earn all-american status was Major Wright in 2007.

• Against Arkansas, Castell recorded his first-career interception to end Arkansas’ last drive of the first quarter and also finished with a career-high 11 tackles
» He was the first UF true freshman to register an interception since Marshall Jr. vs. Florida State in 2021.

 

FRESH FACES PROVIDE LIFT TO GATORS D​

• Joining new defensive coordinator Austin Armstrong are seven defensive transfers this year: DL Caleb Banks (Louisville), EDGE Quincy Ivory (East LA CC), DL Cam Jackson (Memphis), LB Teradja Mitchell (Ohio State), S R.J. Moten
(Michigan), LB Mannie Nunnery (Houston) and LB Deuce Spurlock II (Michigan).

• The new Gators bring in a combined 44 starts and over 4,170 snaps played compared to 30 defensive returners with 69 total starts and 8,792 snaps.

• Moten, whose dad played LB for UF from 1982-86, made 10 starts in 2022 including the Big 10 Championship.
» He has 15 career starts and 1,033 snaps played, which is 10th-highest on the roster and third-most by a defensive player behind Jason Marshall Jr. (1,417) and Mannie Nunnery (1,259).

• Jackson also comes with double-digit career starts (13) on top of 34 games in three seasons at Memphis.
» He finished with 41 tackles last season, which would have ranked second among Gators defensive linemen last year behind only Gervon Dexter Sr., a second-round pick by the Chicago Bears.

• Twelve rookie defenders also joined the program this season including four cornerbacks, three EDGEs, two
defensive linemen, two safeties and one linebacker.
» Half of the first-year players were consensus four-star recruits and are all HC Billy Napier’s recruits.
» Five played in the 2023 Under Armour All-American Bowl Game with EDGE Kelby Collins named MVP

 

CLIMBING THE (J) HILL​

• After missing all of the 2021 season and the first four games of 2022 due to injury, CB Jaydon Hill has started the last 17 of 18 games at the STAR. Hill started the last nine games in 2022 and eight of nine this season.
» Despite missing four games in 2022, Hill played 435 total snaps - the 10th most among defensive players, second-highest by a Gators CB and third-most by a returning defensive player for UF.
» His debut vs. Eastern Washington marked 641 days since his last game (2020 Cotton Bowl vs Oklahoma).

• This season Hill has two pass breakups, 18 tackles (12 solo), a tackle-for-loss, and ranks third among UF defensive backs with a coverage grade of 69.2.

• In his second start last year, he recorded two interceptions including a 49-yard interception return touchdown in the first quarter vs. Missouri.
» The first pick marked his first-career interception and first-career touchdown.
» His first interception also represented Florida’s longest pick-six since Ventrell Miller’s 82-yard interception return touchdown vs. Idaho on Nov. 17, 2018.
» Hill became the first Florida player with two interceptions and a pick-six in the same game since CJ Gardner-Johnson vs. Michigan in the Peach Bowl on Dec. 29, 2018.

• The second interception late in the third quarter set up a nine-play, 91-yard touchdown drive that put Florida ahead, 24-10, thanks to a nine-yard touchdown pass from Anthony Richardson to Ricky Pearsall early in the fourth quarter.

• Hill’s performance vs. the Tigers also earned him his first-career SEC Defensive Player of the Week Honor.
» The last Gators DB to earn weekly conference honors was Shawn Davis in 2019 vs. Auburn

 

THE YOUTH MOVEMENT​

• The 2023 Florida defense features a majority of underclassmen players (two seasons or fewer) making an impact this season.
» Sophomore LB Shemar James leads the Gators in tackles with 55 and freshman S Jordan Castell is second with 51.
» James (5.5) ranks second in TFLs while redshirt-freshman DL Jamari Lyons (2.5) and true freshmen T.J. Searcy and Bryce Thornton (2.5) are tied for fifth. Lyon’s TFL resulted in a three-yard loss and safety in the home opener vs. McNeese.
» EDGE Kelby Collins is sixth overall with 2.0 with 1.5 TFLs (and sacks) coming against Arkansas with a forced fumble on his first-career solo sack.
» Freshman CB Ja’Keem Jackson is tied for the second in pass breakups with three. He recorded his first two on the same drive vs. McNeese.

• The trio of Castell (472 snaps), James (395 snaps) and Miguel Mitchell (309 snaps) rank two-four-eight in defensive snaps played, with three-year starter DB Jason Marshall Jr. sitting first overall at 474 snaps.

• Through the first nine games, a combined 41 starts have come from players in their second season or less with eight of them coming during the Arkansas game in Week 10.
» Sixteen starts have been by true freshmen this season on both offense and defense - Castell (8), Eugene Wilson III (4), Bryce Thornton (2), OL Knijeah Harris (1) and LB Jaden Robinson (1).

• Castell has started at safety in each of the last eight games as fellow true freshman Thornton started alongside him twice, signifying Florida’s first game starting two true freshmen at safety in the last 25 years (Week 6 vs. Vandy).
The duo started again vs. Arkansas along with first-year Robinson.

• Freshman CB Aaron Gates made his collegiate debut and made two crucial plays at South Carolina - he made the tackle to stop a two-point conversion and intercepted the lateral on the last play of the game.
» The debut by Gates marked the 11th out of 12 Class of 2023 defensive players to play this season and the 17th out of total 21 signees to appear in a game.

• Seven of the 12 Class of 2023 defensive signees have played in all nine games to start the season with the whole defensive class totaling 1,443 defensive snaps. Out of the 5,786 defensive snap opportunities (526 plays x 11 players), the Class of 2023 has accounted for 24.9% of them played.
- THE YOUTH MOVEMENT -

• K Trey Smack made his first career field goal from 27-yards vs. No. 11 Tennessee and has taken over the place kicking duties since.
» He has been named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week twice this season for his performances vs.Charlotee and at South Carolina. The last time a Gator kicker won the conference award twice in a season
was in 2012 by Caleb Sturgis and Matt Leach in 2003.
» Against Charlotte, he made all five goal attempts [23 (2x), 27, 36 and 54] and drilled seven touchbacks on seven attempts.
» The 54-yarder is tied for the 15th longest in the country and third in the SEC. He hit his second 54-yarder this season at South Carolina and made four total field goals.
» He became the first Gator to make five field goals in a single-game for the Gators since Eddy Pineiro in 2017.
» He was also a perfect in kickoffs for two straight weeks with 13 consecutive touchbacks vs. Tennessee and Charlotte then again vs. No. 1 Georgia going 4-for-4.

• Smack has recorded 43 touchbacks in 54 attempts for an average of 63.1 per kick.
» He has successfully made field goals from: 23 (2x), 27 (3x), 28, 34. 36, 39, 40, 44, 48, and 54 (2x).
» Smack is also a perfect 19-for-19 on extra points and 14-for-16 on field goals this season with his first
miss of the season a block at South Carolina.

• P Jeremy Crawshaw averaged 47.94 yards per punt in 35 attempts last season featuring 13 kicks of 50-plus and a
season-long of 67 yards vs. South Carolina.
» In the 2023 season opener at No. 14 Utah, he recorded his 10th career-game of multiple 50-yard punts in a single game.
» Crawshaw has 119 career punts for an average of 46.4 per attempt with 50 going 50-plus yards and 45 inside the opponents-20 yard line.
» He booted a season-high average of 58.3 per punt in three attempts with a long of 63 yards vs. Vanderbilt.