22 Austin Smestad
22 Austin Smestad
Height: 6-0
Weight: 210
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Shoreview, Minn.
High School: Mounds View
Position: RB
gp 11
yds 823
yds/g 74.8
td 13

2016: First-team all-UAA and second-team all-SAA ... CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-America ... Played in all 11 games of the season ... Sixth on the team with 162 rushes for 823 yards and 13 touchdowns ... Ran for career-high 197 yards and three TDs in 49-46 win vs. Hendrix (11/5) ... D3football.com Team of the Week on Sept. 27 ... UAA Offensive Athlete of the Week on Sept. 26 and Nov. 7 ... WUSTL Offensive Player of the Week vs. Birimingham Southern ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society ... UAA Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete ... Academic all-UAA.

2015: Appeared in all 10 games and was second on the team and fifth in the UAA in rushing yards (486) ... Tied for team lead and was fourth in UAA in rushing touchdowns (6) ... Ran for a season-high 87 yards on 11 carries at No. 19 Centre (9/19) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 ... Academic all-UAA.

2014: Started three of 10 games played at running back ... Ran for a team-high 377 yards and four touchdowns ...Second in the UAA in touchdowns (4) and fourth in rushing yards and yards per game (37.7) ... Ran for a career-high 85 yards and a TD in 59-19 win vs. Hendrix (10/11) ... UAA Offensive Athlete of the Week on Oct. 13 … WUSTL Offensive Player of the Game vs. North Park ... Capital One First-Team Academic All-District 5 ... Academic all-UAA ... 

2013: Worked way on to two-deep late in season … Picked up 196 rushing yards on 52 carries in seven games as reserve running back  … Ran for career-high 50 yards on eight carries and had two catches for 16 yards in 29-0 win vs. Case Western Reserve (11/9). 

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year letter winner in football and baseball at Mounds View High School … Ran for 534 yards and six touchdowns as a junior … Career totals include 974 yards and nine TDs … Team was 9-2 in 2011 and 8-2 in 2012 and conference champions … Two-time honorable-mention all-conference … Four-year academic letter … AP Scholar with honor.

PERSONAL: Majoring in chemical engineering … Son of Jack Smestad and Liz Parr-Smestad.

Recent Games
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13
Statistics category Overall Conf
Rushes 162 122
Yards 823 663
Yards per game 74.8 82.9
Yards per rush 5.1 5.4
Touchdowns 13 11
Fumbles 2 2
Fumbles lost 1 1
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 3 at Carnegie Mellon W, 41-34 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Centre L, 39-28 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Birmingham Southern W, 36-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Berry W, 34-10 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Rhodes W, 56-35 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Carnegie Mellon W, 41-34 6 31 5.2 8 0 - -
Sep 17 Centre L, 39-28 10 66 6.6 34 1 - -
Sep 24 at Birmingham Southern W, 36-21 19 169 8.9 28 3 - -
Oct 1 Berry W, 34-10 16 33 2.1 9 1 - -
Oct 8 at Rhodes W, 56-35 11 63 5.7 15 2 - -
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6 8 43 5.4 13 0 1 1
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28 18 42 2.3 13 1 1 0
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38 9 56 6.2 16 1 - -
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46 24 197 8.2 80 3 - -
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34 16 50 3.1 8 0 - -
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13 25 73 2.9 12 1 - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 3 at Carnegie Mellon W, 41-34 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 - -
Sep 17 Centre L, 39-28 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Birmingham Southern W, 36-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Berry W, 34-10 2 32 16.0 25 1 - -
Oct 8 at Rhodes W, 56-35 1 4 4.0 4 0 - -
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6 2 10 5.0 8 0 1 1
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28 2 24 12.0 13 0 1 0
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38 4 78 19.5 56 1 - -
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46 3 24 8.0 11 0 - -
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34 - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 3 at Carnegie Mellon W, 41-34 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 Centre L, 39-28 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 at Birmingham Southern W, 36-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 Berry W, 34-10 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Rhodes W, 56-35 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28 - - - - - 0
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46 - - - - - 0
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34 - - - - - 0
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 3 at Carnegie Mellon W, 41-34 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Centre L, 39-28 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Birmingham Southern W, 36-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Berry W, 34-10 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Rhodes W, 56-35 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34 - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 3 at Carnegie Mellon W, 41-34 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Centre L, 39-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Birmingham Southern W, 36-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Berry W, 34-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Rhodes W, 56-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 3 at Carnegie Mellon W, 41-34 1 31 -1 - - 30
Sep 17 Centre L, 39-28 1 66 - - - 66
Sep 24 at Birmingham Southern W, 36-21 1 169 - - - 169
Oct 1 Berry W, 34-10 1 33 32 - - 65
Oct 8 at Rhodes W, 56-35 1 63 4 - - 67
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6 1 43 10 - - 53
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28 1 42 24 - - 66
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38 1 56 78 - - 134
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46 1 197 24 - - 221
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34 1 50 - - - 50
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13 1 73 - - - 73
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 3 at Carnegie Mellon W, 41-34 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 17 Centre L, 39-28 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 24 at Birmingham Southern W, 36-21 18 3 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 1 Berry W, 34-10 12 1 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 at Rhodes W, 56-35 12 2 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38 12 1 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46 18 3 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 3 at Carnegie Mellon W, 41-34 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 Centre L, 39-28 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Birmingham Southern W, 36-21 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Berry W, 34-10 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Rhodes W, 56-35 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Sewanee W, 34-6 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Millsaps W, 31-28 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 #25 Case L, 56-38 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Hendrix W, 49-46 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 at Chicago W, 43-34 - - 0.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 19 at #4 UW-Oshkosh L, 49-13 1 0 1.0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2013-14 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2015-16 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2016-17 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 38 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2013-14 7 52 196 28.0 3.8 0 12 - -
2014-15 10 95 377 37.7 4.0 4 42 1 0
2015-16 10 99 464 46.4 4.7 6 27 1 0
2016-17 11 162 823 74.8 5.1 13 80 2 1
Total 38 408 1860 48.9 4.6 23 80 4 1
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2013-14 7 5 0.7 53 7.6 10.6 0 17
2014-15 10 16 1.6 75 7.5 4.7 0 18
2015-16 10 11 1.1 140 14.0 12.7 0 40
2016-17 11 15 1.4 171 15.5 11.4 2 56
Total 38 47 1.2 439 11.6 9.3 2 56
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2013-14 7 - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 10 - - - - - - - 0
2016-17 11 - - - - - - - 0
Total 38 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2013-14 7 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 - - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 - - - - - - - -
Total 38 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2013-14 4 66 16.5 0 21 - - - - -
2014-15 2 29 14.5 0 18 - - - - -
2015-16 1 13 13.0 0 13 - - - - -
2016-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Total 7 108 15.4 0 21 - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2013-14 7 196 53 - 66 315 45.0
2014-15 10 377 75 - 29 481 48.1
2015-16 10 464 140 - 13 617 61.7
2016-17 11 823 171 - - 994 90.4
Total 38 1860 439 - 108 2407 63.3
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2013-14 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
2014-15 24 2.4 4 0 0 - - - - - - 0
2015-16 36 3.6 6 0 0 - - - - - - 0
2016-17 90 8.2 13 2 - - - - - - - 0
Total 150 3.9 23 2 0 - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2013-14 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 10 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
2016-17 11 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Total 38 3 0 3.0 .1 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 11 162 823 74.8 5.1 13 80 2 1
Conference 8 122 663 82.9 5.4 11 80 2 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 67 395 79.0 5.9 6 80 1 1
Away 6 95 428 71.3 4.5 7 28 1 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 118 628 78.5 5.3 10 80 2 1
Losses 3 44 195 65.0 4.4 3 34 - -
-
September 3 35 266 88.7 7.6 4 34 - -
October 5 62 237 47.4 3.8 5 16 2 1
November 3 65 320 106.7 4.9 4 80 - -
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 11 15 1.4 171 15.5 11.4 2 56
Conference 8 10 1.3 94 11.8 9.4 1 25
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 11 2.2 144 28.8 13.1 2 56
Away 6 4 0.7 27 4.5 6.8 0 13
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 11 1.4 93 11.6 8.5 1 25
Losses 3 4 1.3 78 26.0 19.5 1 56
-
September 3 1 0.3 -1 -0.3 -1.0 0 0
October 5 11 2.2 148 29.6 13.5 2 56
November 3 3 1.0 24 8.0 8.0 0 11
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 11 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 6 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
-
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 3 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 11 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
-
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
-
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 11 823 171 - - 994 90.4
Conference 8 663 94 - - 757 94.6
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 5 395 144 - - 539 107.8
Away 6 428 27 - - 455 75.8
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 8 628 93 - - 721 90.1
Losses 3 195 78 - - 273 91.0
-
September 3 266 -1 - - 265 88.3
October 5 237 148 - - 385 77.0
November 3 320 24 - - 344 114.7
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 90 8.2 13 2 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 72 9.0 11 1 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 48 9.6 6 2 - - - - - - - 0
Away 42 7.0 7 0 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 66 8.3 10 1 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 24 8.0 3 1 - - - - - - - 0
-
September 24 8.0 4 0 - - - - - - - 0
October 42 8.4 5 2 - - - - - - - 0
November 24 8.0 4 0 - - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 11 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
-
September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0 - - - - - - - -
November 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0 - - - - - - - -