Notre Dame junior Jaylon Smith, who starred at Bishop Luers in Fort Wayne, Ind., became the second player to win both the high school and college versions of the Butkus Award as the nation’s top ...

Jaylon Smith, who was the best high school linebacker in America and had recently committed to play at Notre Dame, just smiled as he handed Kyle Lindsay his order. "I was stunned," Lindsay ...

Roger Smith sat on Harding's side of the stadium in the first half, Luers' in the second. Both Rod and Jaylon wore jersey No. 25 that night and throughout their high school careers. Jaylon wore No ...

As Jaylon Smith's senior high school season progressed, his place within the Irish defense began to take shape. Recruited as an outside linebacker, Smith knew he would be facing an uphill battle ...

Jaylon Smith wants to be the next great Notre Dame ... the hometown facility in which Smith has trained since high school. “But that is like his least greatest asset. His greatest asset is ...

The crown jewel of the Irish recruiting class, Jaylon Smith begins his Notre Dame career as the school’s highest ranked defensive prospect in the modern recruiting era. The top high school linebacker ...

Linebacker Jaylon Smith, a 2016 second-pick of the ... I’ve also been wearing it since I was 9 years old, from pee wee to middle school to high school to college. It was a deeper meaning behind ...

Before Jaylon Smith became one of the best linebackers ... In fact, many of the high school athletes who popped in did so because they wanted to reach that level of competition—as far-fetched ...

Michael Ledo, who owns AWP Sports Training in Fort Wayne, has worked with Smith since his sophomore year in high school. "Most of the time, guys like Jaylon who are so athletic are the most under ...

Jaylon Smith told his trainer to hang on and picked ... Ledo, who has worked with Smith since he was in high school, is particularly pained by talk that he’ll never be the same player again.

Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith is willing to pay a pretty penny ... through pee wee, middle school, high school, college, All-American games, you name it,” Smith explained.