FAYETTEVILLE – Razorback freshman Jordan Smith Jr. is one of 50 candidates – and 1 of just 5 freshmen – named to the 2026-27 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year Watch List, the Naismith Awards and Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.
Smith is on the Naismith Awards College Player of the Year Watch List after winning the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Boys High School Player of the Year Award this past season.
Last year, Razorback Darius Acuff Jr. was a finalist for the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Award. Other Calipari players honored by the Atlanta Tipoff Club include 1996 winner Marcus Camby (UMass), 2012 winner Anthony Davis (Kentucky, 2022 winner Oscar Tshiebwe (Kentucky), 2016 finalist Tyler Ulis (Kentucky) and 2015 finalist Willie Cauley-Stein (Kentucky).