Alabama has a new all-time leading receiver. With his 24-yard catch in the first quarter against Florida on Saturday, DeVonta Smith passed Amari Cooper’s all-time record.
Smith ended the game with an Alabama single-game record 15 receptions for 184 yards and two touchdowns. He now has 3,620 receiving yards in his career. Former Vanderbilt receiver Jordan Matthews holds the SEC all-time receiving record with 3,759 yards through the air.
Smith's two scores extend his SEC record of receiving touchdowns to 40. The senior receiver's second touchdown of the night gives him 17 on the season, breaking Cooper's previous single-game record of 16.
Smith now has 216 receptions, 12 behind Cooper’s all-time record at Alabama. He is one of three Tide receivers with 200 or more career catches, joining Cooper (228) and Calvin Ridley (224).
“If you watch the games, I’d assume you could see that DeVonta is one of the best players in the country,” quarterback Mac Jones said last week. “He goes out there and makes plays and he does it because he trains very hard in practice, puts the extra work in, and he’s been doing that for four years here. And he’s been doing that for a long time before he got here. He makes players That’s the type of player he is. He’s a great player to have on our team.”
