Generally sleepers will be small school kids because today there are even sites like FST Scouting evaluating the crop of college talent. This kid is from Western Kentucky and has ideal measurables for a 3-4 OLB. The knocks on him are he played in a small school and after tearing up his league he tore his ACL 3/4 of the way through the season. He was leading the league in sacks before that happened. He will most likely start the season on PUP for whichever team drafts him. He played against Alabama and you could tell against NFL competition that he would need to put on some weight to be able to play the 3-4 OLB spot. I think he could transition quite nicely into a 4-3 day one, generally a wide 9 scheme run by the Detroit Lions and formerly run by the Eagles. He will be a project at the OLB position but I believe he can do it. The OL of Alabama generally handled him, granted it was DJ Fluker, who will be a first round pick. Fluker has freakish arms, the longest I have ever seen, but he was able to get his hands on him and then at that point Smith had no chance.
He has the frame to add weight quite easily without losing speed. In the run game he wasn't able to handle the run all the time. The offensive line would move him generally where they wanted him. Good size 6'5" 250 and it is a long, and lean frame. I compare him to Jason Worilds of the Pittsburgh Steelers at this point. If he is able to put on 20 pounds I think Smith could be a freak. In one year he could easily be a 2.45/3.0, should stick around the league because of pass rushing ability. A project.
FST Grade: 6th round
Prospect Value: 2.15/3.0
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