Juju Smith-Schuster
USC Trojans No. 9 | |
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Position | Wide receiver |
Class | Junior |
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High school | Long Beach (CA) Poly |
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Date of birth | November 22, 1996 |
Place of birth | Long Beach, California |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
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John "Juju" Smith-Schuster (born November 22, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the USC Trojans.
Early years
Smith attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California.[1] He played wide receiver and safety. Smith was rated by Rivals.com as a five-star recruit and was ranked as the second best safety in his class and 24th best player overall.[2] He committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football.[3]
College career
Smith earned immediate playing time as a true freshman in 2014.[4][5] In his first career game he had four receptions for 123 yards.[6] Against Washington State, he had six receptions for 74 yards and three touchdowns.[7] He finished the season with 54 receptions for 724 yards and five touchdowns.
Statistics
Year | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | Kick Return | Defense | |||||||||||
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Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Kr | Yds | Avg | TD | Solo | Ast | Total | ||||
2014 | USC | 13 | 13 | 54 | 724 | 13.4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2015 | USC | 14 | 14 | 89 | 1,454 | 16.3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | USC | 11 | 11 | 59 | 758 | 12.8 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Career | 38 | 38 | 202 | 2,936 | 14.5 | 23 | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | 15 | 183 | 12.2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Source:[8]
References
- ↑ JuJu Smith and the Life of a Five-Star Recruit
- ↑ Rivals.com
- ↑ Juju Smith picks USC after planning to commit to Oregon as late as Monday
- ↑ USC's JuJu Smith is mature beyond his years
- ↑ Playful USC WR JuJu Smith soaks it all in
- ↑ USC freshman WR JuJu Smith dazzles in No. 9
- ↑ USC-UCLA game gives receiver JuJu Smith another opportunity to grow
- ↑ "JuJu Smith-Schuster". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2016.