Arien Smith

Position:
Center
Height:
6-1
Weight:
260
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Graham, N.C.
High School:
Southern Alamance

2014 - Junior Season

Walk-on center who was called into action late in the season when starter Lucas Crowley suffered a sprained ankle • Came off the bench to play 42 snaps in the win at Virginia and was in on 73 snaps at Miami • Threw a key block on the game-winning touchdown pass from Mitch Trubisky to T.J. Thorpe in the fourth quarter at Virginia • Graded out at 83 percent against the Hurricanes.

At Carolina

Enters fall No. 2 on the depth chart at center • Appeared in the Idaho game in 2012 and the Old Dominion game in 2013 • Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2011 season • Three-year letterwinner in football at Southern Alamance who also played basketball and competed in track • Played offensive guard and on the defensive line • Earned first-team all-conference as a junior and senior • Named second-team all-region as a junior and senior • Played in the East-West All-Star Game • Earned the Gates Millennium and Carolina Covenant scholarships • Says his favorite class at UNC is BIOL 252: Anatomy & Physiology • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers • Dream job is to be an orthopaedic surgeon • Favorite TV show is "Game of Thrones" • Favorite possession is his cell phone • Favorite food is a bacon cheeseburger • Born April 5, 1993 • Son of Brenda and Willard Smith • Exercise and sport science major.