DePaul University Athletics
2025-26 MEN'S BASKETBALL Roster
vs
Arkansas Pine Bluff
Dec 6 (Sat)
8 p.m.

Jersey Number 5
RJ Smith
- Position:
- Guard
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Chino, Calif.
- High School:
- Damien
- Prev School:
- Colorado
2025-26:
2024-25 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT COLORADO):
- Recipient of the deAnda Fmaily Men's Basketball Endowed Scholarship and the Joyce Kohler & Barbara Hanks Endowed Basketball Scholarship.
2024-25 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE AT COLORADO):
- Averaged 6.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists while appearing in all 34 games with 16 starts.
- Had a team-high 38.6 three-point percentage while totaling 39 made three-pointers.
- Ranked fourth on the team in assists and fifth in steals.
- Dished out four assists against Cal State Fullerton (11/13) while adding seven points.
- Tallied 11 points in back-to-back games against South Dakota State (12/13) and Bellarmine (12/21).
- Scored in double figures seven times, including a career-high 14 points against Iowa State (12/30).
- Had a career-best eight rebounds at UCF (1/8).
- Started against Baylor (2/22) where he scored 13 points with two assists and a pair of boards.
- Led the Buffaloes in scoring at Kansas State (3/2) with 11 points.
- Notched 13 second-half points in the Big 12 Championship against West Virginia (3/12).
- Recorded 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting against Villanova (4/1) in the College Basketball Crown.
- Played in seven games before missing the rest of the season with a lower leg injury.
- Averaged 2.9 points and 1.1 rebounds in the opening games of the season.
- Made his collegiate debut against Towson (11/6) with two rebounds.
- Notched an 11-point performance against Milwaukee (11/14) while going 3-of-4 from three.
- Sat out as a redshirt
- Averaged 15.7 points, 7.0 rebounds and 7.0 assists throughout his high school career at Damien.
- Graduated as the school's all-time leader in steals (260) and wins (112), while also being second in rebounds (824) and third in points (1,777).
- Helped Damien to 2022 CIF State Division I Championship with a 32-4 record.
- Four-time All-CIF and Baseline League First Team.
- Was named 2022 Baseline League and San Gabriel Valley Tribune MVP.
- Also played two years of club basketball with Prodigy our of Rancho Cucumonga, Calif.
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