Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jordan Smith was born in Lithonia, Georgia. He attended Lithonia High School, where he played basketball and football. He had 71 tackles with 18.5 tackles for loss and 7.5 sacks as a junior. He was rated a four-star recruit and initially committed to play college football at South Carolina during the summer before his senior year. As a senior, Smith led the team with 104 tackles and was named class AAAA All-State. He later flipped his commitment from South Carolina to the University of Florida.

Smith began his collegiate career at Florida and redshirted his true freshman year. He was suspended for his redshirt freshman season along with eight other players due to his involvement in a credit card fraud scheme. After the season Smith transferred to Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas. In his only season with the Grizzlies, Smith had 77 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, three pass breakups and a forced fumble and was named first team All-Jayhawk Conference. Smith committed to continue his career at UAB over offers from UNLV and Marshall.
Smith became an immediate starter for the Blazers as a redshirt sophomore and was named second-team All-Conference USA after leading the team with 17.5 tackles for loss, ten sacks and four forced fumbles. Smith was named first-team all-conference after finishing his redshirt junior season with 43 tackles, 9.5 for loss, 4.5 sacks, and an interception. He was drafted 121st by the Jacksonville Jaguars.