2021 Football Roster
Jaylen Smith
- Position:
- DB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hamilton, Ontario
- High School:
- St. Thomas More
2024: Played and started in all 12 games as an outside linebacker … named a DCTF Second Team All-Texas selection … picked up Third Team All-AAC honors … led team in tackles with 97 … finished the regular season third in the AAC in tackles … posted career highs in tackles, TFLs and passes defended … had eight tackles and five QBH vs. SFA … recorded nine tackles and 1.5 TFL at Texas Tech … posted five tackles and 1.5 TFL vs. Tulsa … finished with eight tackles, 1.5 TFL and a PBU at Florida Atlantic … had 10 tackles and a TFL vs. Tulane … posted 10 tackles vs. Army … had a career-high 16 tackles vs. East Carolina.
2023: Appeared in 12 games on the year with four starts … posted 25 tackles, 3.0 TFLs, 0.5 sacks, a forced fumble and an interception … had a strong performance in the season opener with nine tackles, 1.5 TFLs, a forced fumble and a QB hurry … finished with three tackles including a TFL as well as an INT on the road against FIU … registered three tackles against ACU … had a 0.5 sack in the season finale against UAB.
2022: Played in all 14 games, primarily on special teams … 15 tackles and 2.0 TFL … had tackles in eight different games … two tackles and TFL against Texas Southern … two tackles at UTSA … had four tackles and a TFL against FIU
2021: Totaled 14 tackles over 13 appearances, mostly on special teams ... led UNT with 12 special teams tackles on the season ... had two tackles against UTSA ... had three tackles at FIU ... had two tackles against UTEP... had a tackle at Southern Miss ... had a tackle at Rice... had a tackle against Liberty ... had two tackles at Louisiana Tech ... had a tackle against Northwestern State.
High School: Prepped at St. Thomas More in Oakdale, Connecticut ... spent junior season at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
