Georgia State University Athletics

Liam Smith is in his first year as Georgia State's Director of Player Personnel and his fourth season with program.

He spent the last three years as a graduate assistant for the Panthers, working with the defense. That unit was the most improved defense in the FBS in 2015.

Smith joined the GSU staff in 2013 from Rutgers, where he worked four years as a student assistant for the football program.

A native of Mahwah, N.J., Smith earned his bachelor's degree in history from Rutgers in 2013.