2023 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 0
Akeem "Meatball" Smith
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- DL
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
- HS / Prev Schools:
- Bishop Sullivan / Georgia State
Georgia State
2022 Season: Played in 8 games for the Panthers on the defensive line ... made 9 stops along with 1.0 TFLs ... had a seson-high 4 stops vs Appalachian State ... also had 2 tackles and a TFL against North Carolina.
2021 Season: Saw action in all 13 games ... Made 17 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks ... Top game was the win over Troy, when he had a career-high six tackles with 2.5 tackles, for loss, including 1.5 sacks.
2020 Season: Played in 10 games, including six starts at noseguard ... Made 21 tackles with three tackles for loss, including 0.5 sacks ... Helped the GSU defense rank No. 7 in FBS with a school-record 35 sacks and allow 136.6 rushing yards per game for the second-best mark in program history ... Career-high six tackles with a shared sack in win at South Alabama, which GSU held to 324 total yards ... Had two tackles for loss in win over ULM.
2019 Season: Redshirt year in which he played in four games and made one tackle.
2018 Season: Earned playing time behind starter Dontae Wilson as a true freshman in 2018 ... Played in 10 games and made seven tackles ... Season-high three tackles at Troy ... Made two tackles including a shared sack at Memphis.
2022 Season: Played in 8 games for the Panthers on the defensive line ... made 9 stops along with 1.0 TFLs ... had a seson-high 4 stops vs Appalachian State ... also had 2 tackles and a TFL against North Carolina.
2021 Season: Saw action in all 13 games ... Made 17 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss, including 1.5 sacks ... Top game was the win over Troy, when he had a career-high six tackles with 2.5 tackles, for loss, including 1.5 sacks.
2020 Season: Played in 10 games, including six starts at noseguard ... Made 21 tackles with three tackles for loss, including 0.5 sacks ... Helped the GSU defense rank No. 7 in FBS with a school-record 35 sacks and allow 136.6 rushing yards per game for the second-best mark in program history ... Career-high six tackles with a shared sack in win at South Alabama, which GSU held to 324 total yards ... Had two tackles for loss in win over ULM.
2019 Season: Redshirt year in which he played in four games and made one tackle.
2018 Season: Earned playing time behind starter Dontae Wilson as a true freshman in 2018 ... Played in 10 games and made seven tackles ... Season-high three tackles at Troy ... Made two tackles including a shared sack at Memphis.
Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School
All-state defender from Bishop Sullivan Catholic, a nationally-ranked program in Virginia Beach, Va. ... First-team All-State (Group 5A) and first-team 5A All-South Region ... Rated the No. 14 prospect in South Hampton Roads by the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot ... Three-star prospect by 247 Sports … Played for Henrico High School as a junior, when he was named Conference 11 defensive player of the year and first-team All-Metro ... Made 54 tackles, 20 tackles for loss and 12 sacks as a junior ... Four-year starter and three-time all-conference selection.
FB: Press Conference following FIU
Saturday, November 29
FB: Phil Longo Weekly Press Conference FIU
Tuesday, November 25
FB: Phil Longo interview post MTSU
Saturday, November 22
FB: Phil Longo Weekly Press Conference MTSU
Tuesday, November 18
























































































































































