UGA Football WR Arian Smith Drafted No. 110 Overall by the Jets in the 2025 NFL Draft
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ATHENS - UGA Football WR Arian Smith was picked No. 110 Overall by the New York Jets in the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay.
Stetson Bennett knew as soon as Arian Smith made a move that he would be wide open. All the Florida native had to do was catch the ball. Georgia was at perhaps the critical moment of the 2022 national title season.
Kirby Smart had just snuffed out Ohio State's fake punt, but the Buckeyes held an 11-point lead with time running out in the 2022 Peach Bowl. After Ohio State punted and the game returned from timeout, Bennett hit Smith on a 76-yard touchdown.
No one was in Smith's neighborhood as he waltzed into the end zone, and the Redcoat Band exploded in high-pitched jubilation. That one play is what people will remember about Smith - it was critical to Kirby's second national title.
It is hard to imagine a game changing more than it did in that four-minute period, but it did thanks in part to Arian Smith.
2024 - Georgia Bulldogs WR Arian Smith
Appeared in all 14 games, starting nine times...caught five passes for 56 yards, including a 32-yard reception in season-opening victory in the Aflac Kickoff Game vs. Clemson...caught four passes for 73 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown to lead the Bulldogs in receiving in win over Tennessee Tech...led the Bulldogs in receiving yards for the second time in four games at Alabama, catching six passes for a then-career-high 132 yards and a touchdown…hauled in a 47-yard grab against the Crimson Tide...caught five passes for a career-high 134 yards and a 42-yard receiving touchdown against Mississippi State…hauled in a team-best 55-yard catch in the victory...caught two passes for 59 yards to lead the Bulldogs in receiving against Florida...made three catches for 50 yards in win over Tennessee...caught three passes for 110 yards and a touchdown, including a team-high 49-yard reception in win over UMass...had five receptions for 41 yards to lead the team in receiving in SEC Championship victory over Texas...caught a 67-yard pass from Gunner Stockton in the Allstate Sugar Bowl vs. Notre Dame, leading the Bulldogs in receiving in the CFP Quarterfinal game...named to Senior Bowl Watch List.
2023 - Georgia Bulldogs WR Arian Smith
Played in all 14 games, making starts against UT Martin and UAB...recorded two receptions for 50 yards, including a 37-yard catch in win over Ball State...caught 12-yard touchdown pass in win over UAB...caught a 51-yard pass from Carson Beck in SEC Championship vs. Alabama...caught 12-yard touchdown pass in Capital One Orange Bowl victory over Florida State...included on Senior Bowl Watch List.
2022 - Georgia Bulldogs WR Arian Smith
Saw his first action of the season in win at Missouri...caught one pass for a 7-yard gain...missed the first four games because of injury...also played in wins over Auburn, Vanderbilt, Florida, Tennessee, Miss. State and Kentucky...caught a 52-yard pass in win over the Vols...caught one pass for seven yards in SEC Championship Game vs. LSU...had three catches for 129 yards, the longest going 76 yards, with one touchdown in win over Ohio State in the CFP Semifinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl...credited one catch for three yards in CFP National Championship Game win over TCU.
2021 - Georgia Bulldogs WR Arian Smith
Played in four of 15 games...returned from a 4-game absence to catch a 35-yard TD pass vs. Missouri...also had one rush for 15 yards in the game...caught two passes for 67 yards in win over UAB, including a career-long 61 yarder for a TD...saw action as a reserve WR in Georgia's season-opening win over #3 Clemson...caught one pass for six yards vs. the Tigers...started for the Black squad in the annual G-Day spring game...competed in his first-ever collegiate track meet at the SEC outdoors, where he finished 8th in the 100 meters (wind-aided 10.18) and ran leadoff on the Bulldogs’ school record-setting 4x100-meter relay effort (39.02)...also ran leadoff on the 4x100 relay team in finishing second at the NCAA outdoor meet (school-record time of 38.54).
2020 - Georgia Bulldogs WR Arian Smith
Redshirted...played in each of the last four games of the season...first career catch was a 31-yarder for a Bulldog touchdown vs. South Carolina...caught a 55-yarder in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl vs. Cincinnati.
Lakeland (FL) WR Arian Smith
Lakeland HS, coached by Bill Castle...selected to participate in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game...247Sports.com composite four-star prospect...ranked as the #14 wide receiver nationally, the #58 overall prospect nationally and the #13 prospect in Florida...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #6 wide receiver nationally, #25 overall prospect nationally and #16 prospect in Florida...rivals.com four-star prospect, #9 wide receiver nationally, #147 overall prospect nationally and #27 prospect in Florida...PrepStar magazine Top 150 Dream Team, #11 WR, #57 prospect nationally….as a senior, helped lead Lakeland to 12 straight wins and a 44.9 point-per-game average before falling in the regional finals of the 2019 FHSAA Class 7A state playoffs...hauled in 19 catches for 382 receiving yards and six touchdowns his senior season, averaging 20.1 yards per reception...competed at the Adidas 7-on-7 National Championship with Team Tampa and was a standout according to 247Sports.com...named the 2018 Small School Defensive Player of the Year by The Ledger his junior season at Mulberry HS before transferring to Lakeland HS for his senior season...converted to wide receiver full-time his senior season, after playing a mix of running back, quarterback, receiver and defensive back at Mulberry...Notched 45 tackles, two interceptions on defense, and ran for 705 yards with eight touchdowns on offense...took 73 carries for 830 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns as a sophomore...world-class junior sprinter who competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump for the Mulberry track and field team...won the FHSAA Class 2A state title in the 200 meters and finished second in the 100 meters...also won the boys elite 100 meters race at the 2019 Nike Elite Prefontaine Classic.