WVU Sports Hall of Fame
Geno Smith set 33 Mountaineer game, season, class and career records as a quarterback from 2009-12.
As a senior, the Miramar, Florida, native was a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and the Maxwell Award. Smith was named to the All-Big 12 Conference Second Team.
In addition to his 33 school records, Smith set six Milan Puskar Stadium records. He established the NCAA season record for the most pass attempts without an interception at 272. Smith recorded the nation's best passing completion percentage mark since 2000 with a 95.8% (23-of-24) showing in the Kansas win in 2012, also setting a WVU record with 21 straight completions. He finished his career with a school-record 98 passing touchdowns.
Smith set the WVU season records for passing yards (4,385) and touchdowns (42) and career records for total offense (12,004), passing yards (11,662) and pass attempts (1,465). He set WVU records with 45 pass completions for 656 yards and eight touchdowns in the 2012 Baylor win. His passing yards total was the NCAA's top single-game performance of the year.
He finished his senior season ranked second nationally in completion percentage (71.24), fourth in points responsible for (20.31) and passing completions per game (28.38), fifth in passing, sixth in passing efficiency and eighth in total offense.
In 2011, Smith was named the Discover Orange Bowl MVP after he set five Orange Bowl and four WVU and BCS bowl records, while tying three NCAA all-time bowl records. Smith went 32-of-43 for 407 yards and accounted for seven touchdowns in the 70-33 win over Clemson. His six passing touchdowns set a BCS and Orange Bowl record, while his 407 passing yards, 433 yards of total offense, seven touchdowns responsible for and 42 points responsible for all set Orange Bowl records.
Smith started all 13 games in 2010 as a sophomore and was named All-Big East Second Team. He averaged just one interception every 53.1 attempts and was first in the Big East in pass efficiency and second in passing yards per game, total offense and points responsible for.
Smith was selected as the 39th pick overall in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the New York Jets. He played for the Jets until joining the New York Giants in 2017, the Los Angeles Chargers in 2018 and then the Seattle Seahawks from 2019-present.
In the NFL, he has started 34 of 45 games played, throwing for 6,917 yards and 34 touchdowns, while rushing for 701 yards and eight touchdowns. Smith had the most passing yards in a single season by a rookie quarterback for the New York Jets when he accounted for 3,046 yards passing in 2013.
