Army West Point Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
Arik Smith
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 240
- Hometown:
- Bowie, Md.
- High School:
- Saint John's College HS (USMAPS)
- Major:
- Undeclared
2021: Named the 2021 Defender of the Nation as part of the Nagurski Awards...Armed Forces Bowl vs. Missouri (12/22): Selected as the MVP of the Armed Forces Bowl...Recorded 12 tackles (five solo), 2.0 sacks and 2.5 TFLs...at Navy (12/11): Posted nine tackles (two solo) … Started as an inside linebacker. at Liberty (11/27): Notched seven tackles (five solo) … Made 2.5 TFLs for 19 yards … Added 1.5 sacks for 17 yards … Starting linebacker. vs. UMass (11/20): Posted eight tackles (four solo) … Notched two TFLs for 10 yards … Started as an inside linebacker. vs. Bucknell (11/13): Notched three solo tackles. vs. Air Force (11/6): Posted eight total tackles (six solo) and 1.0 TFL...vs. Wake Forest (10/23): Recorded five total tackles (three solo)...at Wisconsin (10/16): Recorded eight total tackles (five solo)...at Ball State (10/2): Started at linebacker...tallied nine total tackles (three solo)... vs. Miami (OH) (9/25): Started at linebacker...did not record any stats...vs. UConn (9/18): Started at linebacker...tallied two tackles (one solo), assisted on one sack and one TFL...vs. Western Kentucky (9/11): Recorded six tackles (one solo)...levied two hits on the quarterback...at Georgia State (9/4): Started at linebacker...tallied five tackles (two solo), one TFL and one fumble recovery on the first defensive drive of the game.
2020:Led the team with eight tackles (5 solo) at Tulane (Nov. 14) ...Tallied five tackles (1 solo), including a sack vs. Mercer (Oct. 24) ... Had seven tackles (4 solo) at UTSA (Oct. 17) ... Posted a team-high 11 tackles (4 solo) against The Citadel (Oct. 10) ... Had 3.0 TFLs, including 2.0 sacks opposite the Bulldogs as well ... Had three tackles (2 solo) vs. Abilene Christian (Oct. 3) ... Totaled seven tackles at Cincinnati (Sept. 26) ... Tallied four tackles (1 solo) opposite Lousiana-Monroe (Sept. 12) ... Notched four tackles (1 solo) in Army's season-opener vs. Middle Tennessee State (Sept. 5).
2019: Appeared in 13 games … Had the second most tackles on the team with 83 (39 solo), tallied 4.5 TFLs and forced one fumble … Against Navy (Dec. 14), posted a career high 12 tackles (4 solo) … Posted five tackles (4 solo) and two TFL, including a sack at Hawai’I (Nov. 30) … Had eight tackles opposite Air Force (Nov. 2) … Tallied nine tackles (7 solo) at Western Kentucky (Oct. 12) … Recorded eight tackles (4 solo) vs. Morgan St. (Sept. 21) … At Michigan (Sept. 7), totaled seven tackles (4 solo) and had a sack that pushed the Wolverines back 12 yards … Also forced a fumble in the Michigan game.
2018: Saw action in 11 of Army's 13 games this season ... made his first collegiate appearance against Liberty on Sept. 8 ... compiled four total tackles, including two solo stops ... registered 0.5 tackles for a loss of two yards in a contest with Buffalo ... posted a season-best two tackles opposite Lafayette on Nov. 10, while also earning tackles against Buffalo and Air Force.
Prior to West Point: All Conference linebacker for Saint John’s College High School … also named All American in shot put for track team … three time All Conference in shot put and discus … graduated with honors.
