From Pontiac, Michigan, Coach Kezlow Smith started his playing career as a three-sport high school athlete – where he was named team MVP and earned all-conference honors. After High School, he went to play collegiately at Lakeland College.
2013: Played in nine games, starting four, and finished with 41 receptions for 844 yards and nine touchdowns, leading the Muskies in all three categories… Caught touchdown passes in six of nine games played in, including two touchdowns on three different occasions… Posted highs of seven catches, 177 yards and two touchdowns receiving in win over Maranatha Baptist on Oct. 19… Also rushed seven times for 15 yards… Named First Team All-Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference.
2014: Started all 10 games and finished with 50 receptions for 861 yards (17.2 yards per reception) and seven touchdowns, leading team in all four categories… Also rushed three times for 22 yards and a touchdown… Returned three punts for 15 yards and one kickoff for 22 yards… Ranked second in Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference in receiving yards per game (86.1) and yards/catch, third in receiving yards and receptions/game (5.0), fourth in receptions and receiving touchdowns and tied for sixth in scoring (48 points)… Named first team all-NACC for the second consecutive year.
2015: Started all 11 games and finished with 73 receptions for 939 yards and 16 touchdowns… Also rushed 26 times for 131 yards and two touchdowns and returned seven kickoffs for 116 yards… Received all-Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference first team honors for the third straight year and was named to the D3football.com all-North Region second team… Became Lakeland’s all-time career leader in receiving yards and enters his senior year with 2,644 career receiving yards… Also set a school single-season record with 16 receiving touchdowns, a total that ranked 10th nationally in NCAA Division III… His 73 receptions were the second-most in Lakeland history, his 18 touchdowns scored were the third-most in a season in school history and his receiving yardage total and 108 points were both fourth-most ever by a Muskie… Led NACC in receiving touchdowns and points scored (108), ranked 2nd in receiving yards and all-purpose yards (1,186), 3rd in receiving yards/game (85.4) and 4th in all-purpose yards/game (107.8)… Named NACC Offensive Player of the Week Sept. 14… Had three 100-yard receiving games as a junior and also played in the backfield against Concordia Wisconsin Oct. 31 and had a 100-yard rushing game with two touchdowns on just 12 carries…
Along with being the school’s career receiving yardage leader, he finished his career with 47 touchdowns and 203 receptions. After College, Kezlow has continued his career professionally in the NFL before playing the last three years with the Green Bay Blizzard.