He appeared in five games for Yost's 1904 "Point-a-Minute" football team that compiled a 10–0 record and outscored opponents, 567 to 22.
According to one account, he was found it impossible to arrange a schedule at Michigan that also allowed him to pursue his studies.
[3] Smull returned to Ohio Northern in 1905 as the head of the engineering department and faculty manager of athletics.
In 1908, he organized the Ohio Northern University Athletic Board and served as its chairman for five years.
[6] In 1968, Smull was selected as one of the six inaugural inductees into the Ohio Northern Athletics Hall of Fame.