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  • RB
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Abilene, Texas
    Hometown
  • 5'11
    Height
  • 221
    Weight
  • Abilene HS
    High School
Abram Smith 2019
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Abram Smith
RB
Position
Senior
Class
Abilene, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

2021 (Senior): Set Baylor's single-season rushing record (1,621) ... Set the BU single-season record with nine 100-yard rushing games ... All-Big 12 Second Team (RB) and Honorable Mention Offensive Player of the Year ... DCTF All-Texas First Team (RB) ... Earned the 15th 1,000-yard rushing season in BU history and Baylor’s first since 2016 ... Led the Big 12 and was fifth nationally with 1,621 total rushing yards; was fifth in the league and 39th in the nation with 12 rush TDs ... Doak Walker Award semifinalist; Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Finalist ... Scored in eight of BU’s 14 games in 2021; multi-TD’s in three games ... Named Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week following performance vs. BYU ... Got his first carries in almost two years against Texas State and ran for 138 yards on 19 totes and a career-best two touchdowns in the season opener (9/4) ... Ran for 126 yards on 12 carries and a pair of touchdowns while catching two passes for 11 years against Texas Southern (9/11) ... Had 16 carries for 122 yards and a touchdown in BU's Big 12 opener at Kansas (9/18) ... Tallied 10 carries for 47 yards against Iowa State (9/25) ... Registered 10 carries for 97 yards including a 55-yard touchdown run at Oklahoma State (10/2) ... Rushed for 87 yards on 11 carries and a touchdown against West Virginia (10/9) ... Set a career-highs with 188 rushing yards and three touchdowns to go along with two catches for 14 yards against BYU (10/16) ... Carried the ball 21 times for 145 yards and a touchdown setting a career-best with a rushing touchdown in four-straight games, against Texas (10/30) ... Went over 100-yards rushing for a sixth time with 125 yards on 18 carries and a kick-off return of 18 yards (11/6) ... Had 148 yards on 20 carries including a career-best 75-yard rush against Oklahoma (11/13) ... Went for 46 yards on 21 carries in a Baylor win at Kansas State (11/20) ... Set a career high with 30 carries against Texas Tech and went over 100-yards for a school-record-tying eighth time with 117 yards and a touchdown on the ground against Texas Tech (11/27) ... Had 63 yards on 17 carries to help Baylor to a Big 12 Championship against Oklahoma State (12/4) ... Smith ran for the sixth-most yards in Sugar Bowl History (172) against Ole Miss ... (1/1).


2020 (Junior): Earned four starts at linebacker late in the season ... Averaged 11.5 tackles and 1.25 tackles-for-loss in those starts ... Finished 2020 with 48 total tackles and 5.0 tackles-for-loss (one sack) ... T-22nd in the Big 12 in tackles per game (6.0) ... Totaled two solo tackles in the season-opening win over Kansas (9/26) ... Saw time against WVU (10/3), did not record a stat ... Did not play at Texas (10/24) ... Saw action against TCU (10/31) but did not record a stat ... Played in the game at Iowa State (11/7), did not compile any stats ... Earned his first career start and tallied a game-high 13 tackles, including one tackle-for-loss at Texas Tech (11/14) ... In his second start, he compiled eight tackles which was tied for a team-best in the win over K-State (11/28) ... Led the team in tackles for the third consecutive game with a game-high 12 tackles, including a career-best 4.0 tackles-for-loss and his first career sack at Oklahoma (12/5) ... Led the team in tackles for the fourth consecutive game as he tied his career-high with 13 tackles vs. OSU (12/12).

2019 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 14 games on the season, mostly on special teams ... had 1 rushing attempt for 6 yards at Kansas (11/30) ... had 3 carries for 21 yards vs. UTSA (9/7) ... rushed 4 times for 8 yards and 1 TD vs. SFA (8/31) ... also tallied 7 total tackles on the season, including a season-high 2 tackles vs. OU in the Big 12 championship game (12/7). 

2018 (RS-Freshman): Played in six games on the season, mostly on special teams .... In his collegiate debut vs. ACU (9/1), rushed four times for 11 yards, long of 6 ... Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll spring 2018.  

2017 (Freshman): Redshirted due to injury. 

High School: Two-time all-state running back from Abilene (Texas) High School ... Record-setting back at AHS under head coaches Del Van Cox and Steve Warren ... Rated nation's 29th-best RB prospect in 2017 recruiting class by Scout, ranked No. 64 by 247Sports and No. 77 by ESPN ... Ranked No. 68 in Texas (fourth among RBs) by Scout and No. 117 by 247Sports ... All-time leading rusher in Abilene history, amassed school-record 4,955 career rushing yards in 33 games over four prep seasons (also totaled 29 receptions for 348 yards and three TDs along with two kick-return TDs) ... Also school records for career all-purpose TDs (77), 100-yard rushing games (31), career scoring (462 points), single-game TDs (seven) and longest rush (99 yard TD) ... Earned 2016 Class 6A All-State second-team honors after leading AHS to 11-2 record and DII regional semis ... Named 2016 District 3-6A MVP ... Ran for 1,939 yards and 34 TDs on 237 carries, also had eight receptions for 84 yards and one score and added kick-return TD ... Earned 2015 Class 6A All-State honorable mention and named to All-District 3-6A first team as junior for 7-4 Abilene squad ... Totaled 1,814 yards and 24 TDs on ground and 118 yards on nine catches ... Ran for single-game career-best 343 yards on 27 carries vs. Lee in 2015 ... Ran for 915 yards and 10 TDs in injury-shortened sophomore season, still earned 2014 All-District 3-6A second-team honors ... Also had 10 catches for 67 yards and TD before knee injury in seventh game ... Called up to varsity for final two games of 2013 season as freshman, scored TDs on first two carries ... Finished with 287 yards.

Personal: Son of Mark and Rosie Soliz ... graduated with a degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies.