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 ...

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 ...

(Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Here are 10 things you might not know about Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith. 1. He played running back in high school Smith ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smith has changed jerseys numbers from No. 54 to No. 9, the number he wore in high school and college ... snaps will be difficult to divide up if Jaylon Smith plays well and Vander Esch avoids ...

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 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.

Jaylon Smith remembers wondering ... He spent afternoons on his high school team, which he led to four consecutive Class AA state championships, and his free hours on AWP’s 7-on-7 squad ...

Advertisement Jaylon Smith was wearing a yellow winter ... They are: Coach 1: 16 years of defensive football and head coach at the high-school level. Coach 2: 10 years in defensive football ...

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.