Brad Smith, DE Jesuit HS Tampa

[Reliable Source]

Yawn. Another mediocre kid from Tampa.

If this is the type of Tampa kid we can bring in, then keep recruiting Orlando.

His stats would seem to refute that he is mediocre.

"Smith (6-foot-4, 228 pounds) had a team-high 13 sacks for the Tigers (11-2) last season, adding 54 total tackles and two caused fumbles."

Yes, he is currently undersized for a BCS college DE, but I understand that he is a gray-shirt commmit, which means that he won't be on the field for USF until 2014 at the earliest. By that time, he should be ready to play.

I just don't understand why you would post this for him and his family to read. It realy is unwarranted.

His brother is Phil Smith who was a starting left tackle at Georgia Tech from his redshirt season at 6'-6" and about 285. He graduated in the spring then followed his old line coach to UCF when he was accepted into a graduate program there and he's now right at 300. He'll be starting at tackle for the Knagits unfortunately. Funny thing is he wanted to play at USF but didn't get an offer from Leavitt. Bradley has battled his older brother over the years and is tough as nails, I think we got a real good player in addition to the upstanding student and person. The only reason he is not a three or four star is because he comes from a small private high school where they focus on character and knowlege above all else. He'll be an early starter in his college career, bank it.

thanks for the inside skinny HBryan

[method]

ESPN trying to negotiate new contract, begins to give USF commits a little star power. Will irony ever taste so sweet. Even AA is giving us banner press. It's amazing what happens when you realize you didn't kill the dog and now you have to feed it table scraps.

Yes, ESPN's master scheme to schmooze the Big East has begun by a ranking a 3 star USF prospect and writing a positive article...

Silence infidel... Bullwinkle has spoken.

[usfbullrider]

Say what you want but holtz knows what he's doing.

[El_Toro_86]

I was at the Robinson/Jesuit game tonight and Robinson ran up and down the field on Jesuit and won 31-10. Don't remember hearing Brad Smith's name called much.

Oh well, hopefully one day Mr. Smith will be able to get to a Rutgers QB.

[Reliable Source]

I was at the Robinson/Jesuit game tonight and Robinson ran up and down the field on Jesuit and won 31-10. Don't remember hearing Brad Smith's name called much.

Oh well, hopefully one day Mr. Smith will be able to get to a Rutgers QB.

I just hope that one day, someone on the Bulls defense will get to a Rutgers QB.

[J-Pop]

@JoeyHomeTeam: DE Brad Smith of @JesuitFootball has de-committed from USF and committed to #Lehigh, per his father.

[cmhatter]

not surprised at all

[charsibb]

Say what you want but holtz knows what he's doing.

Oh, the Irony!

[Hem]

Didn't we Grayshirt this kid? Not suprised he went with a better offer. Good luck to him!

[South_Florida_Flip]

Didn't we Grayshirt this kid? Not suprised he went with a better offer. Good luck to him!

Yes on the grayshirt