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4 Kendren Smith

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • Highschool Mallard Creek

Biography

Career Honors
2023: Second-team All-Ivy
2022: First-team All-Ivy
FedEx Ground FCS National Defensive Player of the Week (10/17/22)

2023: Second-team All-Ivy pick … Played and started all 10 games for the Quakers at cornerback … 58 total tackles ranked second on the team and finished with a team-high 42 solo stops … Also led the team with eight pass breakups … Registered two TFLs for a loss of eight yards, a sack and two QB hurries … Finished with a season-high 10 total tackles (with eight solo stops) at Harvard (11/11) … His pair of TFLs bookended the campaign with one at Colgate (9/16) and the other against Princeton (11/18).

2022: First team All-Ivy selection … Returned to form quickly in final season, starting all 10 games … Recorded 41 total tackles, 33 of which were solos … Totaled two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and an interception on the year, all of which came in the same game against Columbia (10/15) … Was named both FedEx Ground FCS National Defensive Player of the Week and Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week for the performance against the Lions … Closed the season tied for the most pass breakups on the team with seven.

2021: Started the first three games at defensive back before suffering a season-ending injury … Had three tackles and two pass breakups at Lafayette (9/25) … Had two tackles against Dartmouth (10/1).

2020: All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019: Appeared in nine games … Finished with 33 tackles, including 26 solo stops … Intercepted one pass and returned it 14 yards … Had five pass breakups … Had two solo tackles at Lafayette (9/28) … Had two solo stops against Dartmouth (10/4) … Had six tackles and one pass breakup versus Sacred Heart (10/12) … Registered two solo tackles and one interception at Columbia (10/19) … Had four solo tackles against Brown (11/2) … Had five tackles and one pass breakup at Harvard (11/16) … Had eight tackles and one pass breakup versus Princeton (11/23).
 
Mallard Creek: Four-year letterwinner … Served as team captain … 2017 All-Conference selection … 2017 All-Area selection … Also lettered three times in track … Member of 2016 and 2017 conference track and field championship teams.
 
Personal: Son of Xiomara and Kenneth Smith … Older sister, Kaila, ran track at Western Kentucky … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 26

    2019Freshman

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    6'1" 200 lbs
    26
  • 4

    2020Sophomore

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    6'1" 200 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2021Junior

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    6'1" 200 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022Senior

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    6'1" 205 lbs
    4
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    2023Senior

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    6'1" 205 lbs
    4
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