Shaw's Quintez Smith Named D2Football.com All-America
January 25, 2010
(Raleigh, NC) - Shaw All-America cornerback Quintez Smith (CB,
Dublin, GA) was today named to the D2Football.com All-America
Team.
He is also being honored by Atlanta's 100% Wrong Club which
celebrates the accomplishments of athletes from HBCUs at their
celebration weekend February 5-6.
Smith has earned a long list of post-season honors. He was
named First Team All-America (Division II) by two different
organizations: the American Football Coaches Association and
Daktronics, Inc. Smith received the highest number of
votes among cornerbacks in the Daktronics poll.
He was named to the First Team of both BASN's HBCU All-America and
SBN's All-American teams, which are made up of Division I-FCS as
well as Division II players. In November, he was also named
CIAA Defensive Player of the Year.
He was invited to three all-star bowl games: the East Coast
Bowl (where he lead both teams in tackles with 13), the HBCU Bowl
and the Cactus Bowl.
During the 2009 season, Smith tied a Division II record by
returning four interceptions for touchdowns, and tied for first in
D-II with nine interceptions. He accumulated 302 interception
return yards. He finished the season with 49 tackles and also
scored two touchdowns on fumble returns.
Against Elizabeth City State in week one, Smith set a Division II
single game record with 194 interception return yards. He
tied the Division II single game record of three interceptions
returned for touchdowns.
Smith was named CIAA Defensive Back of the Week three times this
season, and was named D2Football.com's National Defensive Player of
the Week in week one.
Shaw University finished the season 8-2 (5-2 in the CIAA).
