Jaylon Smith
Smith in 2013
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| No. 54 Dallas Cowboys | |||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||
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| Date of birth: | June 14, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth: | Fort Wayne, Indiana | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Fort Wayne (IN) Bishop Luers | ||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34 | ||
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| Roster status: | Non-Football Injury | ||
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Jaylon Smith (born June 14, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame and was drafted 34th overall by the Cowboys in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Smith attended Bishop Luers High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track. In football, he won the Butkus Award as a senior, given to the best high school linebacker in the country, and was named the Mr. Football award winner for the state of Indiana. He helped Bishop Luers to 40–28 win over Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter in 2012 Indiana 2A title game while rushing for 150 yards and scoring three touchdowns, as Bishop Luers became first Indiana 2A school to win four straight state titles. He finished with 1,265 rushing yards and 18 TDs on 176 attempts as senior in 2012 to go with 10 receptions for 66 yards and two more TDs. Defensively, he recorded 72 tackles (43 solo), 19.5 tackles for loss, eight sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and seven pass deflections. In basketball, he played as a freshman, sophomore and junior, and was teammates with former Ohio State star Deshaun Thomas.
In track & field, Smith competed in events ranging from the relays to the shot put as a senior. At the 2013 IHSAA T&F Sectional, he took fourth in the shot put, with a PR of 14.81 meters (48 ft 6 in), and ran the lead leg on first-place 4x100m (43.43) and fourth leg on second-place 4×400m (3:27.08). At the 2013 SAC T&F Meet, he anchored the Bishop Luers' 4×100m relay team, winning the event with a time of 42.91 seconds, and the 4×400m, which finished in third place, while also placing third in the shot put (47 ft 5 in) and eight in the 400-meter dash (53.46 s).
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