2021 WorldWide Rams Draft Profile: Jordan Smith | UAB | EDGE / OLB

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Player Bio: Jordan Smith attended Lithonia High School in Lithonia, GA. In his senior year at Lithonia High, he recorded 104 tackles (86 solo), three sacks, ten hurries, six forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, and the ball's offensive side he caught 11 passes for 181 yards and three touchdowns. He earned the 2015 Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAAA All-State Team representing Lithonia High. During his junior, Smith recorded 71 tackles (56 solos), 7.5 sacks, one forced fumble, and played on the school basketball team.
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ACCOLADES
2021 NFL Combine Invite
2021 Reese's Senior Bowl Invite
2020 All-C-USA First-Team
2020 Chuck Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List
2020 Bronko Nagurski Award Preseason Watch List 
2019 All-Conference USA Second-Team

JORDAN SMITH
EDGE / OUTSIDE LINEBACKER
HOMETOWN                      |           CLASS
LITHONIA, GA                    |           JUNIOR (RS) 
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DRAFT YR:  2021              COMBINE INVITE: YES

​HEIGHT                    WEIGHT                    ARMS
 6' 6"               264 lbs            33 ⅝"

HANDS                   PROJECTED 40-TIME            DRAFT GRADE
 9 ⅜"                       4.70                        6.15

SCHOOL:  UAB                                              |                    CONFERENCE: C-USA
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COMBINE RESULTS
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       4.79         |              16                  |              33”               |             117”          |              7.82            |              4.75                      
 
​PRO DAY RESULTS
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       4.79         |              16                  |              33”               |             117”          |              7.82            |              4.75                     

#22 Jordan Smith vs Marshall (2020)

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​#22 Jordan Smith highlights (2019)

Strengths: He is an exceptional fit for an EDGE rusher in a 3-4 defensive front. He has very long and rangy, with a tremendous wingspan. He is lightning fast with enormous speed off the edge with great anticipation of the snap count. He added weight to his frame that gave him great power in his last two seasons and used it to help his attack to the backfield. Against the run, he will use his length to slip bosses to get to the ball. Off the edge, it has an extraordinary bend and flexibility around the arc to the quarterback. He uses various moves with dip and rip, a club and swim technique, bull-rush, spin moves, and a push and pull. He is active in getting his hand up in the passing windows to block passes or disrupt the quarterback's vision.

Weaknesses: Smith comes with one red-flag, an off-the-field incident; he was suspended from the University of Florida football team when he was involved in a ring scheme of credit card fraud. On the field, against the run, he tends to misread his attack and can be polished out by the blocker. He uses wasteless moves when he can make timely stikes toward the blocker. He often struggles to disengage from blocks when he does not use his length to shield off the blocker. He needs more pop in his hands to shock the blocker.

Draft Projection: 3rd Round

NFL Comparison: Tanoh Kpassagnon (Kansas City Chiefs)

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