For the second time in his record-breaking Linfield career, quarterback Wyatt Smith ’22 was named a finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy, the NCAA Division III equivalent to the Heisman Trophy.
This season, Smith broke the Linfield career record for touchdown passes that had been held by 2005 Gagliardi Trophy winner and current Linfield offensive coordinator Brett Elliott ’05. Smith was named to the D3football.com All-America team and the Associated Press All-America second team and was designated as the Northwest Conference offensive player of the year. He ended his career at Linfield with program records for pass completions (854), pass attempts (1,258), passing yards (10,668) and passing touchdowns (111).
Sporting a 3.64 grade point average, Smith is a returning member of the Academic All-America Team named by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
