2018 Football Roster
Sep 6 (Sat)
Noon
Jared Smolar
- Weight:
- 209
- Height:
- 5-11
- Position:
- K
- Year:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Valparaiso, Ind.
- High School:
- Valparaiso
2021 Honors: IU’s Most Outstanding Specialist of the Year.
2021 (Senior+): Started all 12 games as kickoff specialist ... averaged 62.7 yards on 44 kickoffs ... totaled 28 touchbacks ... recorded one punt for 38 yards in the season finale at Purdue (11/27) ... the punt was fair caught.
2020 (Senior): Kickoff specialist averaged 62.2 yards on 44 kickoffs with 22 touchbacks (3rd in the Big Ten) ... touchback percentage (50.0 percent) ranked fifth in the Big Ten ... appeared in all eight games ... collected five touchbacks and averaged 64.3 yards on six kickoffs at No. 3 Ohio State (11/21) ... added one tackle against the Buckeyes.
2019 (Junior): Averaged 62.2 yards on 24 kickoffs with 19 touchbacks (79.2 percent) ... appeared in 10 games ... kicked off five times and recorded four touchbacks with a 62.4 average in the Nebraska win (10/26) ... IU special teams player of the week (Nebraska).
2018 (Sophomore): Averaged 57.0 yards on 64 kickoffs with 23 touchbacks ... appeared in all 12 games ... made two tackles ... collected a career-high six touchbacks on seven kickoffs with a 64.7 average in the Ball State win (9/15).
2017: Redshirted the 2017 season.
2016 (Freshman): Saw action in the first three games at Rutgers University ... totaled 21 kickoffs with an average of 55.1 yards ... had nine kickoffs with one tackle in the Howard win (9/10) ... added four kickoffs in his collegiate debut at No. 14 Washington (9/3).
Prep/Personal: Kicker and punter for head coach Dave Coyle at Valparaiso High School ... ranked nationally as the No. 7 kicker, No. 12 punter, and a five-star kicking recruit by Chris Sailer ... connected on eight field goals with a long of 52 yards as a senior ... made all 36 extra-point tries ... averaged 41.2 yards per punt ... named Indiana Preps Special Teams P/K of the Year ... also earned all-state honors as a punter by the Indiana Football Coaches Association ... 2016 Vegas XXVII class of 2016 “Field Goal Last Man Standing” champion ... picked up 6A all-state and first-team all-conference accolades as a punter in 2014 ... averaged 36.6 yards per punt on 51 boots, pinning 14 inside the 20-yard line ... went 7-for-10 on field goals with a long of 47 yards ... produced 22 touchbacks on 30 kickoffs ... collected first-team all-conference honors as a sophomore punter ... parents are Jill and Joseph Smolar ... born on Aug. 8, 1997.
