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Devonta Smith Football Roster

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Height 5-11
Weight 192
Class Senior
Hometown Cincinnati, OH
High School La Salle/Alabama
Devonta Smith - Football - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

PRIOR TO NOTRE DAME (Alabama) 

AS A SENIOR (2024)

  • Registered 30 tackles, including half for a loss (-1 yard), along with a quarterback pressure, one forced fumble, and five pass breakups
  • Named a defensive (skill) player of the week by the Alabama coaches for output at LSU
  • Made first career start in the season opener against Western Kentucky and finished with a pair of tackles
  • Posted one tackle and a pass breakup against South Florida
  • Recorded three tackles, a pair of pass breakups and one quarterback hurry at Wisconsin
  • Broke up a pair of passes and added three tackles against Georgia
  • Finished with two tackles at Vanderbilt
  • Forced a fumble and added three tackles against South Carolina
  • Exited the game early due to injury at Tennessee
  • Recorded one tackle against Missouri
  • Finished with five tackles at LSU
  • Played just over a half against Mercer
  • Tallied eight tackles, including half a tackle for loss (-1 yard), at Oklahoma
  • Recorded two tackles against Auburn in the Iron Bowl

AS A JUNIOR (2023)

  • Saw first action of the season on defense against Kentucky
  • Recorded four tackles against Chattanooga
  • Rotated in at defensive back against Auburn
  • Saw time in the SEC Championship Game against Georgia

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022)

  • Saw time on defense and special teams in the season opener against Utah State
  • Worked on special teams against Texas
  • Earned minutes on defense and special teams versus Louisiana Monroe
  • Saw time against Vanderbilt
  • Rotated in at defensive back against Arkansas
  • Worked on special teams against Texas A&M
  • Saw time against Mississippi State
  • Earned snaps on special teams against LSU
  • Worked on special teams in the Crimson Tide’s final non-conference pairing versus Austin Peay
  • Saw time on special teams in the regular-season finale against Auburn

AS A FRESHMAN (2021)

  • Selected as one of the special teams players of the week by the coaching staff for efforts against New Mexico State
  • Saw first career action on special teams against Miami
  • Entered late in the game on special teams against Mississippi State
  • Worked on special teams against LSU
  • Raced down the sideline to make a stop on kickoff coverage for first career tackle against New Mexico State
  • Earned snaps on special teams against Arkansas
  • Made one tackle on special teams against Auburn in the Iron Bowl
  • Contributed to the special teams efforts against the Georgia in the regular season finale
  • Worked on special teams in the Cotton Bowl against Cincinnati
  • Saw time on special teams in the CFP National Championship against Georgia

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • A four-star prospect on the 247Composite and the No. 314 overall player
  • Ranked 149th in the Top247, the No. 12 cornerback nationally and the No. 6 player from the state of Ohio
  • Rivals.com ranked Smith as the No. 37 cornerback and No. 13 player in Ohio
  • ESPN.com listed him as the No. 40 cornerback, No. 65 player in the Midwest and the No. 17 player in Ohio
  • Four-star prospect by PrepStar and a member of the magazine’s Top 350 All-America list at No. 290
  • PrepStar’s No. 18 cornerback and the No. 9 player in Ohio
  • Earned first team Division II All- Ohio football honors by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association as a defensive back
  • Played for head coach Pat McLaughlin at La Salle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Recorded 63 tackles with two interceptions, four pass breakups and a forced fumble in 2020 after notching 72 stops with five interceptions in 2019