Career
• Four-year letterwinner made 40 tackles in 45 games played with 7.5 tackles for loss and six quarterback sacks.
• Enjoyed his most productive year as a senior in 2016.
2016
• Played in all 12 games at the “Huskie” defensive end position with a start at Western Michigan (10-8).
• Led the Huskies in quarterback sacks with five for minus 49 yards.
• Tallied a career-best 19 total tackles on the season with 14 solo.
• Forced three fumbles to rank 27th in the country, and recovered a fumble versus CMU (10-15).
• Recorded a season-high four tackles versus Bowling Green (11-1) with two sacks and two forced fumbles in the NIU win.
• Contributed a sack and forced a fumble at Eastern Michigan (11-16).
• Added sacks versus Ball State (10-1) and Toledo (11-9).
• Made three tackles at WMU and had at least two stops in four other games.
2015
• Saw time in eight games after overcoming a mid-season injury.
• Tied a career high with nine tackles.
• Recorded his first career sack and TFL in the season opener against UNLV (9-5).
• Had another tackle for loss in the key victory over Western Michigan (11-18).
• Finished the Poinsettia Bowl versus Boise State (12-23) in San Diego with a career-high four tackles.
• Had a tackle at Ohio State (9-19) but missed the next six games.
2014
• Appeared in 13 games as part of the Huskies’ defensive line rotation and on special teams.
• Recorded nine tackles on the year, with four solo stops and five assisted tackles.
• Had two multi-tackle games.
• Recorded a career-high three tackles in NIU’s victory at Ball State (11-5).
• Made two tackles in the MAC Championship Game, helping the Huskies triumph over Bowling Green (12-5).
2013
• Appeared in 12 games at defensive end as a true freshman.
• Recorded three solo tackles on year.
• Recorded one tackle versus Eastern Illinois (9-21), Purdue (9-28), and Eastern Michigan (10-26).
High School
• Named conference MVP and first-team all-conference as a senior.
• Team captain who recorded 81 tackles and rushed 122 times for 1,246 yards in 2011.
• Named first team all-conference following his junior year after recording 66.5 tackles on defense.
• Rushed for 1,688 yards on 158 carries during the 2010 season.
• Tallied 78 tackles as a sophomore to earn all-conference honorable mention recognition.
• Set career record for the top rushing average in conference history, averaging 186 yards per game.
• His 225.5 career tackles are first all-time at Belvidere North.
Personal
• Born Feb. 1, 1994, in Rockford, Ill.
• Son of Dan Smaha and Debra Hyser.
• Organizational and corporate communications major.
SMAHA'S CAREER GAME HIGHS
Tackles: 3, twice, last vs. UNLV, 9-5-15
Sacks: 1, vs. UNLV, 9-5-15
Tackles For Loss: 1, vs. Western Michigan, 11-18-15
