Jabari Smith Jr. holds the WR-SL · Starter spot in Ball State Cardinals’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jabari Smith Jr. is a 5'9", 163-pound wide receiver from Orlando, Florida, who attended Jones High School. At the prep level, he accumulated 2,354 career receiving yards on 157 catches with 11 touchdowns, averaging 60.4 yards per game. Smith transferred to Ball State after two seasons at Florida Atlantic, where he recorded 32 receptions for 462 yards and six touchdowns across eight games in each year with the Owls. As a redshirt sophomore, he caught a 37-yard touchdown against UAB and two scores versus Navy. During his redshirt freshman campaign, he posted a career-long 76-yard touchdown reception against Tulsa and led receivers with 64 yards and five catches against East Carolina.

Florida Atlantic2023 – 2025

Ball State2026 — present