Presbyterian College

At Lincoln Memorial: A 2025 South Atlantic Conference All-Freshman team…In his two seasons at LMU, he helped lead the Railsplitters to 44 wins and two NCAA Tournament appearances…Shot 46 percent from the field and 35 percent from beyond the three-point arc, scoring 550 points and dishing out 148 assists, while seeing action in 59 games with 40 starts…During his time at LMU, he averaged 9.3 points per game while scoring in double-figures 32 times and dishing out at least four assists in 19 games…As a sophomore in the 2025-26 season, he scored a season-high 21 points against Carson-Newman on March 5, 2026, while averaging 10.3 points, 2.5 assists, and 2 rebounds per game. As a freshman, he averaged 8.3 points and 2.5 assists per game.
 
Prep: During his high school career, he scored over 1,000 points…At the Skills Factory in Atlanta, Georgia, he helped his team win the prep school national championship…Before attending the Skills Factory, he graduated from Memphis East High School, where he won a state championship while earning District Player of the Year honors…A two-time All-District and All-Region selection at Memphis East…His father, EJ Smith Sr., was a standout player at Memphis in the early 1990s and helped lead Memphis to an Elite Eight appearance.