Smith Voted ACC Specialist of the Week
11/9/2009 7:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 9, 2009
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Maryland's Torrey Smith was voted the Atlantic Coast Conference Specialist of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
Smith ran his way into the record books Saturday against NC State, returning a kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown, the third of his career and second of the season, and totaling 268 all-purpose yards. With the TD return, Smith set the Maryland all-time record for career kickoff returns for touchdowns, and tied the single season mark set in 1975 by Richard Jennings.
He had a career-high 204 kickoff return yards and now stands in fourth place all-time on the ACC career list (2,202). Smith also broke his own ACC single-season kickoff return yards record, set last year when he totaled 1,089 yards. With three games to play, Smith has 1,113 yards.
Smith also added eight receptions for 64 yards, and has now finished with at least 225 all-purpose yards in six games this season and ranks third nationally (200.7 ypg) in that category.
It marks Smith's second weekly honor from the league and fourth for the Terrapins this season. Nick Ferrara (co-specialist) and Demetrius Hartsfield (top freshman) were honored in October.
Terp Notes:
Maryland-Florida State Game Time to Be Announced Sunday: Game time for Maryland's game at Florida State on Saturday, Nov. 21 will be announced Sunday. Kickoffs are normally announced 12 days ahead of time, but the ACC's TV partners have decided to use the six-day option for that contest.
