Provo • A week after Carter Smith made what he described as a “life-changing” field goal in a Spider-Man costume on the set of ESPN’s “College GameDay,” the BYU freshman’s life has hardly changed at all.

He still had to pass a Spanish 321 midterm, didn’t have nearly enough time to study for a biology exam this coming Monday, and his first-year chemistry class is still “kicking my butt.”

So, yeah, not much has changed for the freshman pre-dental student who returned from a church mission two semesters ago, even after he nailed a field goal on national television worth $3 million during ESPN personality Pat McAfee’s “Kicking is Easy” segment.

Of course, if school ever gets too overbearing, Smith probably has enough reasons to drop out or at least take a gap semester — $2 million of them, to be exact, with $1 million of his winnings pledged to charity.

But he says he hasn’t considered that option.

Mostly.

“I have thought that if I have to take another semester to retake some classes, it’s no longer stressing me out,” Smith told The Salt Lake Tribune. “I’ve appreciated that a bit.

“You’ve got to work hard, and then play hard,” he added.

He also wouldn’t have it any other way.

Smith, who is currently majoring in biology but plans to change to exercise science while he conducts his pre-dental coursework, hasn’t seen much change in his personal life after Utah Jazz owners Ryan Smith and Ryan Sweeney each added $1 million to McAfee’s weekly contest that pays $1 million to a college student who can make a field goal on ESPN’s “GameDay” set.

Of course, he knows not all of the money will find its way to him after he shakily bent his second field goal attempt inside the upright and was promptly thrown into the air by a group of BYU students who busted through a barrier to celebrate his feat.

Estimates pin federal and state income tax withholdings at around $700,000 of his $2 million payout.

Is $1.3 million enough for the rest of his life? Maybe — if he’s comfortable budgeting carefully and living like a college student for the rest of his life.

So, good call staying in school, Carter.

As for the $1 million earmarked for charity, Smith hasn’t heard which organization the Jazz owners plan to donate it to. But his parents work for nonprofits in his native Iowa that help adults with disabilities find homes and caretakers, so his admittedly biased opinion would steer them in that direction, if prompted.

Still, no one from ESPN or McAfee has yet presented him with a check. The freshman said he filled out all the required paperwork, and he’s waiting on the process to continue.

Another winner from the same contest who won just over $1 million during “GameDay’s” stop in Austin, Texas, reached out to Smith and told him the entire process took “about a month.” So he’s got time, he admits.

“I know I had this document, it said $2 million on it, and I signed some stuff,” Smith said. “I got it notarized, sent it in, and they said they got it and it looked good and then they’ll get back to me. That’s all I’ve known so far.

“The kid from Texas said they will reach out. It just takes them some time, and there’s a lot to coordinate for them.”

Smith nearly went unselected a handful of times in the contest.

But after a friend convinced him to wait in line with the now-iconic Spider-Man costume, he found himself near the front of the student-made line to enter the “GameDay” set around midnight Friday.

That’s when another student offered him $400 to give up his place in line. Smith was cold, tired and wasn’t terribly looking forward to spending all night shivering in Provo. Plus, he thought, $400 covered nearly a month’s rent at his apartment.

“I didn’t really care that much about ‘GameDay,’” the former high school soccer player said, “so I almost took that.”

Then, when ESPN went to pick the guest kickers, the “GameDay” crew didn’t select his number.

But there was a hiccup.

“He didn’t have his physical ID, so he wasn’t able to make the kick,” Smith said. “Then they called my ticket second.

“I’m not the kind of guy who likes a lot of attention; I kind of tend to keep to myself. I don’t think I’ve ever felt that much pressure in one moment.”

Just like that, Smith went from nearly walking out on “GameDay” to nervously nailing a second field goal attempt and becoming something of a local celebrity in Provo.

Even before he and his friends made it to their seats at LaVell Edwards Stadium for Saturday’s top-10 contest with then-No. 2 Notre Dame, Smith was “constantly” stopped by fans looking to snap a photo or a selfie with the “GameDay” winner.

As soon as he finished with one fan, a line would form for another, he said.

“It was pretty overwhelming,” said Smith, who grew up in the small town of Honey Creek, Iowa, near the Nebraska border. “I tried to be polite and take pictures with everybody, because I didn’t want to disappoint anybody. But it was a lot for me.

“I’ve slowly gotten used to it. Luckily, when I’m not in my Spider-Man costume, it’s pretty rare for someone to stop me anymore and ask for a picture. Some people will give me an extra glance, but they aren’t constantly running over to me and asking for a picture, either.”

Smith’s life has also been overrun with interview requests, from local television stations to the national CBS morning show.

Between that and a number of financial advisers who have come his way offering advice on where to invest his newfound winnings, he barely had time to study for his Spanish midterm and was only recently planning to “lock in for about six hours” to study for Chemistry 105.

“I’ve been pretty busy,” he said. “Last night, I went on the (Two Point Conversion) podcast with (former BYU receiver) Chase Roberts. I got to go to football practice and toured the facility, too.

“School is still kicking my butt. I have even less time to study, and BYU is already hard enough. I’m kind of behind, but we’ll get through it.”