Boise State roster countdown 2019: Day 39, A.J. Smith

By Michael G Johnson Jul 23, 2019, 1:12pm PDT

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39 days remaining is...well, it’s 39 days remaining. Which is awesome because that means there’s just over ONE MONTH UNTIL FOOTBALL. On that note...

#39, A.J. Smith, RS Sophomore, Safety

Stats

Height: 6’0”

Weight: 180 lbs

High School: Edison High School in Fresno, California

How’d he get to The Blue^TM?

A.J. Smith came in as a walk-on at safety and not much else is known about him. I couldn’t find defensive high school stats for him, although it appears he primarily played wide receiver.

Former Edison Tigers defensive back AJ Smith will be a preferred walk-on with the Boise State Broncos.
AJ played with Tyler Horton with the Valley Championship 2014 team at Edison and now back playing with Tyler.
AJ is an outstanding Student Athlete and a tremendous DB. pic.twitter.com/EIcalM0I2S
— PAG METER (@PAGMETER) August 1, 2018

Nickname

“Action Jackson”

Because I also couldn’t find what his initials stood for, so I decided that’s what they were.

Look-alike

I see a lot of former Bronco star (and current Dallas Cowboy) Tyrone Crawford.

Career highlights

Presently, he has not compiled any statistics as a Bronco but it certainly can’t be considered anything but a highlight that he chose Boise State over his hometown university: Fresno State.

2019 Prospectus

A.J. Smith is entering a safety competition that will include quite a lot of experience and versatility. The starting unit will likely be Nawahine and Pierce (now that he’s back from a lacerated spleen), but Tyreque Jones, Evan Tyler, and Jordan Happle all have a significant amount of game experience. Not to mention, Kaniho plays some packages aligned as a safety. That said, cream rises to the top so, we’ll see, but I wouldn’t anticipate much of a shakeup in playing time distribution at safety. At least not this season.

Is he on Twitter?

He does not appear to be, but I am happy to update if someone can correct me on that.

Completely made up fact

A.J. is a bit of a vague name, but also very common. As is ‘Smith’. So, as someone with a similarly ubiquitous name, that’s so generic it can’t possibly be real, I can only assume that he is also in witness protection and on the run from the mafia. Godspeed to us both.