Scouting Report: Strengths

• He’s tall-framed with long arms to match. With his powerful hands, straight-line speed, and fluidity in his hips, turning and chasing downfield shouldn’t be a problem.
• Has the quick feet to mirror receivers underneath. Smith also has the fluid hips and top-end speed to turn and run downfield. He shows good awareness when dropping into zone coverage, with good route recognition and the ability to break quickly and cover a lot of ground.
• Good instincts and anticipation reads and reacts with discipline. Dangerous with the ball in his hands.
• Smith can flip his hips and run, with good top-end speed and the length to make plays on the ball.
• A very quick and very confident cover corner plays bigger than his listed size when lined up in press coverage, delivering quick, surprisingly powerful punches and using his natural quickness and change-of-direction ability to mirror on underneath routes.
• Can track the ball downfield and gets his head around when playing in a trail position, and Smith shows excellent ball skills when breaking on a route. He’s a plus tackler in run support as well.