Florida Gators Crack the Top 5 for 2022 LB Devin Smith

2022 recruiting is starting to heat up, with top school lists including the Florida Gators.

The Florida Gators have found themselves in the top five schools for 2022 linebacker Devin Smith of Oakleaf High School (Jacksonville, Fla.), he announced on Tuesday evening. Florida is joined by Florida State, Miami, Georgia Tech, and Nebraska.

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MaxPreps credits Smith, 6-foot-2, 235 pounds, with 34 total tackles, one sack, and 2.5 tackles for loss in four games during the 2020 season for the Knights, after transferring from Jacksonville's Lee High School the previous summer. He broke up nine passes as a sophomore at Lee and has flashed plenty of ability in coverage.

Sports Illustrated-AllGators live-scouted Smith twice during the 2020 season, in games against Buchholz (Gainesville, Fla.) and Lowndes (Valdosta, Ga.), picking up on consistent physicality in the run game and speed to run sideline to sideline.

Smith shared with Sports Illustrated-AllGators that he is being recruited to Florida by linebackers coach Christian Robinson and cornerbacks coach Torrian Gray. Over the summer, Smith also said that he had bonded with head coach Dan Mullen at UF's February junior day event, where Florida presented him with an offer. The Gators are recruiting Smith to play middle linebacker.

Currently, Florida has two commits in the 2022 class: Cornerback Sam McCall (Lake Gibson - Lakeland, Fla.), and wide receiver Syveion Ellis (Edison - Miami, Fla.)


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Zach Goodall
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Zach Goodall is the publisher of AllGators.com on FanNation-Sports Illustrated, serving as a beat reporter covering football, recruiting, and occasionally other sports since 2019.  Before moving to Gainesville, Zach spent four years covering the Jacksonville Jaguars for SB Nation (2015-18) and Locked On Podcast Network (2017-19), originally launching his sports journalism career as a junior in high school. He also covered the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for FanNation-Sports Illustrated (2020-22). In addition to writing and reporting, Zach is a sports photographer and videographer who primarily shoots football and basketball games, practices and related events. When time permits in the 24/7 media realm, Zach enjoys road trips, concerts, golf and microbreweries.