'15 AL S Darius "Dee" Smith (Louisville Verbal)

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Safety / Outside Linebacker
Florence, AL (Florence)

Measurements

Height: 6'2"
Weight: 198

Rankings

Rivals: #14 AL
247: 89 Rating, #13 AL, #32 OLB, #NR Overall
Scout: #18 S, #241 Overall
ESPN: 78 Rating, #20 AL, #60 ATH, #NR Overall

247 Composite: 86.9 Rating, #18 AL, #37 OLB, #497 Overall

Offers
Auburn
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Louisville
Miami (FL)
Mississippi State
Missouri
North Carolina State
Notre Dame
South Alabama
South Florida
Southern Miss
Tennessee
UAB (RIP)
Washington State

Highlights:
Dee Smith - Hudl
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From the Master List Thread:

Notre Dame made another safety offer Tuesday evening.

Louisville commit Darius Smith reported on his Twitter that the Irish extended a scholarship.

The 6-foot-2, 198-pound Smith has been committed to Louisville since Halloween and tells 247Sports he "honestly" doesn't know where Notre Dame stands moving forward.

"It's all a blur right now," Smith said. "It happened so fast and unexpectedly."

The Florence (Ala.) High standout also holds offers from the likes of Auburn, Kentucky, Miami, Mississippi State, Missouri and Tennessee.

247Sports ranks Smith as the nation's No. 32 outside linebacker.

Irish Offer Louisville Commit

TJ in regards to a question about the S offer to the Louisville commit.

It is like BK and BVG have concluded the clear and obvious need for even more DBs -- starting with Safeties who can make an impact either up or on the back-end, though another top CB would be nice (or more), too -- to properly run the preferred schemes and given the way the roster is shaping up going forward. What happened this year across the DB group, especially with attrition, simply cannot happen again.

DBs, like RBs, are the remaining priorities for this class. This kid is a BVG type of prospect from SEC territory, who had an outstanding SR season.

 

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Has to be a safety product right? We have taken enough skinny/raw LB prospects the last couple classes.

 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>"Just wanna explore something new" is reasoning <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cards?src=hash">#Cards</a> 2015 DB commit Dee Smith gave for wanting to visit <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ND?src=hash">#ND</a>: <a href="http://t.co/PyZACFNNnC">http://t.co/PyZACFNNnC</a></p>— Anna Hickey (@AnnaHScout) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnaHScout/status/540533243359936512">December 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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