Jake Smith Parents

Last Modified Dec 19, 2024 09:52 GMT
Jake Smith. Source: Getty

Jake Smith is a college football wide receiver who plays for the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Big 12 conference as of December 2024. The former Texas (2019–2020) and USC (2021) player joined the Devils in 2023. He was a Notre Dame Preparatory High School student and earned several accolades while playing there. According to the official website of the Sun Devils, the 5A Northeast Valley Region Offensive Player of the Year (2017) made it to the first 5A All-Conference and USA Today All-Arizona first team as a junior in the same year. He completed 2,538 all-purpose yards, 193 returning kicks, and 28 touchdowns in 2017.

The 2018 National Gatorade Player of the Year won the Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year in the same year. He also earned first-team USA Today All-Arizona and All-Region along with the 5A Northeast Valley Region Player of the Year in 2018. During his freshman career in 2019, he played 13 games and had overall stats of 25 catches for 274 yards, scoring 6 touchdowns. He played in 7 games and caught 23 passes for 294 yards with 3 touchdowns during his sophomore career in 2020.

Who are Jake Smith’s parents?

Tina Smith is the mother of Jake Smith, but his father's name is not available on the internet.

Who is Jake Smith’s mother?

Tina Smith was in an interview with Cronkite News in September 2023, when Jake faced eligibility decisions against him following his injury and surgery. She said, “It doesn’t make any sense. Especially for an organization that claims to exist to support the well-being of its athletes.” Tina also revealed that Jake had another surgery based on the assumption that would be allowed to play for USC. “He would never have made that first transfer if he wasn’t operating under this huge misconception about the status of his physical health and eligibility,” Jake Smith's mother stated.

“This is all very well-documented with medical records that that first transfer [to USC] was rendered completely ineffectual. Who looks at this fact pattern and thinks that a penalty is appropriate in the form of a third consecutive year out?” she added. After she saw a lack of understanding of NCAA President Charlie Baker, Tina said via email, "I bet Mr. Baker would care if someone he cared about was in that ‘less than 1%." "It’s absolutely maddening,” she added.

Tina Smith also shared her thoughts regarding this to AZ Family around the same time where she said, “It just baffles me though. I don’t know who looked at this fact pattern and decides that punishment is the appropriate response in the form of a third consecutive year out. It makes no sense to me.”

“His only choice to ever play college football again at this point was to enter the transfer portal. That was December of 2022 when we knew the guidelines. We knew we needed a waiver, but we felt we had a really strong case,” Tina Smith said after Jake was unable to play a game at USC. “We were really shocked when they not only did not do that, but they were retroactively applying new guidelines in order to do it. And I just feel for him and every other player in the portal in December,” Tina added.

What nationality are Jake Smith’s parents?

Tina Smith holds the United States of America citizenship.

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