The Florida native committed to Mississippi State in October, less than two weeks after the Bulldogs joined his recruitment. He also holds scholarships from Auburn, Miami, South Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, and USF, among others.<\/p>\n
During his sophomore season at Blountstown High School, Smith totaled 50 tackles, four tackles for loss, one fumble recovery, ten pass deflections, and seven interceptions. Smith picked off at least one pass in six consecutive games during the middle of the campaign.<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-3, 160-pound safety has yet to be ranked by 247Sports in the 2027 class.<\/p>\n
Considering the proximity and Smith’s offer sheet, Florida State is already behind the eight-ball. The program will need to act quickly if they truly consider him as an option in #Tribe28.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInformation On Florida State’s 2028 Class<\/p>\n
Florida State does not hold a verbal commitment in the 2028 class at this time.<\/p>\n
Wide receiver Lamar Garrison was previously pledged to the Seminoles but reopened his recruitment in February.<\/p>\n
Who Does Florida State Have In The Defensive Backfield For The 2026 Season?<\/p>\n
Ashlynd Barker, Redshirt Senior<\/p>\n
Donny Hiebert, Senior<\/p>\n
Quindarrius Jones, Senior<\/p>\n
KJ Kirkland, Redshirt Junior<\/p>\n
Ja’Bril Rawls, Redshirt Junior<\/p>\n
Karson Hobbs, Junior<\/p>\n
Nehemiah Chandler, Redshirt Sophomore<\/p>\n
CJ Richard Jr., Redshirt Sophomore<\/p>\n
Jarvis Boatwright, Redshirt Sophomore<\/p>\n
Charles Lester III, Redshirt Sophomore<\/p>\n
Ricky Knight III, Redshirt Sophomore<\/p>\n
Jamari Howard, Redshirt Sophomore<\/p>\n
Ma’Khi Jones, Sophomore<\/p>\n
Gregory Xavier Thomas, Redshirt Freshman<\/p>\n
Max Redmon, Redshirt Freshman<\/p>\n
Antonio Cromartie Jr., Redshirt Freshman<\/p>\n
Chauncey Kennon, Freshman<\/p>\n
Darryl Bell III, Freshman<\/p>\n
Jordan Crutchfield, Freshman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida native committed to Mississippi State in October, less than two weeks after the Bulldogs joined his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-202531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}