2021 Football Roster
Roster
Blake Smithback
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- OL
- Hometown:
- Waunakee, Wis.
- High School:
- Waunakee
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 304
- Major:
- Accounting and Management & Human Resources
Honors and Awards
2021: Academic All-Big Ten
2020: Academic All-Big Ten
2019: Academic All-Big Ten
2018: Academic All-Big Ten
2021 Season: Played in 2 games
2020 Season: Played in 4 games ... made his season debut vs. Indiana on Dec. 5
2019 Season: Appeared in 3 games for UW ... made his Badger debut vs. Kent State on Oct. 5 ... also played against Michigan State on Oct. 12 and vs. Ohio State on Oct. 26
2018 Season: Did not play due to injury suffered during fall camp
2017 Season: Redshirt season
High School: First-team all-state by Wisconsin Football Coaches Association and second-team all-state by Associated Press as a senior … Badger Conference North Lineman of the Year as a senior … two-time first-team All-Badger Conference North selection … WFCA All-Region as a junior and senior … honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore … team captain … two-time team MVP … WFCA Academic All-State … coach was Pat Rice
Personal: Parents are Jon and Jenny Smithback … father played football at UW-River Falls … volunteered at the Waunakee Neighborhood Connection, food pantry and elementary school
