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  • LB
    Position
  • Fifth Year
    Class
  • Flora, Miss.
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • 231
    Weight
  • Ridgeland HS / Mississippi Gulf Coast / Liberty
    High School
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Mike Smith Jr.
LB
Position
Fifth Year
Class
Flora, Miss.
Hometown

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Biography

Previous School: Played the 2022 season at Liberty, where he led the team with 85 tackles while starting all 12 games … Added 10 tackles for a loss, half a sack, one interception, two QB hurries, three forced fumbles and one interception … Helped lead Liberty to an 8-5 record … Had two 10+ tackle games, including a career-best 16 tackles in the Boca Raton Bowl vs. Toledo, where he had two tackles for a loss, half a sack and a forced fumble … Had eight tackles and an interception – returned 22 yards – in his Division I debut at Southern Miss in the season opener … Had five tackles and a forced fumble vs. UAB … Went for 10 tackles, with 2.5 tackles for a loss and one pass break-up at Wake Forest … Had nine tackles vs. Akron … Totaled six tackles, including half a stop for a loss and two pass break-ups at Old Dominion … Went for five stops at UMass … Had seven tackles, including three for a loss with a pass break-up, vs. Gardner-Webb … Had two QB hurries and two tackles vs. BYU … Charted three tackles and a tackle for a loss at Arkansas … Had five stops and a forced fumble vs. Virginia Tech … Had nine tackles, including half a stop for a loss vs. New Mexico State … Played three seasons at Mississippi Gulf Coast (2019-21), where he was named All-MACCC South First Team … Totaled 248 tackles, including 19 tackles for a loss and seven sacks, adding three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and two interceptions over his Mississippi Gulf Coast College career … Was rated as a three-star junior college recruit by 247Sports and a two-star prospect by Rivals.com. 
 
High School: Prepped at Ridgeland High School … Was named Mississippi Association of Coaches Class 6A First-Team All-State … Had 94 tackles, 23 tackles for a loss, six sacks, 11 QB hurries, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries as a senior … Named Defensive MVP of the Bernard Blackwell All-Star Game … As a junior, was named Mississippi Association of Coaches 5A Second-Team All-State and was the most outstanding linebacker for Region 2-5A.