Devonta Smith Has The Edge But does He Have The Angle.
Davonta Smith HAS The Edge But Not the Position. Smith Could Be Your Number 1 Option On Draft Day But Not On Sunday.
If Asked, Who Is Highest-Rated Wide Receiver In This Year NFL Draft Class, Most NFL or College Fans Would Chime In Symphonic harmony “Devonta Smith, Devonta Smith, Devonta Smith”. “Hallelujah, halleluiah, Halle—lu--Jah”, And it would be masterful of the song every Pundit Across The Draft Spectrum Chimed Ever Since Smith Took Over As Alabama Lead Receiver In October. The Louisiana native, Who framed himself on The Mount Olympus Of the Alabama Football pantheon with the play known as “The Catch” In His Freshman against Georgia In the National Championship, Won The 2021 Heisman winner on the Trails Of one of college football’s Most glorious statistical Season The Crimson Tide This Past Season. The Stats Start Here; 177 Receptions, 1856 Yards, 23, Touchdown, With An Average 16 yard Per catch. Those Are Gaudy By Any Standard, But his Splits Tell An Even Greater Story. in October, Smith took The lead receiver role and His Production skyrocketed, increasing around Sixth fold, from 8 rec in September to 48 in October and 89 yards to 670 yards and Most Of His Production Coming Early in The first Quarter And The Alabama Steam Roller Put Most Of Its Competition, If You can call It That, Away early.
Smith Led An Alabama Offense To an Undefeated Season And Marched through To the national Championship Game, All While Treading Over Every Defensive Back, Scheme, and The Assortment of Offensive Talent In Nick Saban’s Stable Down In Tuscaloosa. Running Back Najee Harris had another Phenomenal rushing season,251 Carries And 1466, Yards His Continues to Gain Percentage Points On His First round Grade., John Metchie And Jaylen Waddle (Before The injury) Demanded their Number Called, but Still Of all, Devonta Smith Continued to Separate Himself From The Field, whether it be his teammates or other wide receivers competing to be the first-rounder.
The Debate Continues To Rage On Between football Pundits, Jamar Or Devonta the two Have The Highest Grades Across Most Draft Boards, And Until Next Month When Both Their Names Are called In The first round The Destinies Will Be Interlock.
Beyond The Stats There Is Still A lot to Be Said Of Devonta Smith as A Person A receiver. The 6’1 170 lbs. receiver greatest Strength Appears to Be His Elasticity and exclusivity, or smoothness. Smith Is not The Burner As Some Have to Brandish His Teammates Jaylen Waddle or The Possession Receiver As His Primary Contemporary Jamar Chase, But Where Smith Ahs Them Both Beat Is In the Realm Where All Receiver Should Succeed, He Always Gets Open. His thin frame and easy release off of the line of scrimmage give him an advantage slipping past the corner in one on one or sliding into greases the=at would otherwise be covered in zone schemes, as if he were Elastic Man Fitting Into Place No One Else In The Justice League Could maneuver.
You would Be Forgiven If You Had not Heard Of Smith Before This Year. For The Past Two Season He Has Been Quietly Nestled Behind a Collection Of Other Talented Crimson tide Products, I’m Speaking Primarily Of 2020s first-rounders Jerry Jeudy And Henry Ruggs. Still, “Smithy” As He Is Refer to Still Had A TAG On Him, “Smooth” And “He Gon Catch it.” Said Former Alabama Tight End Irv Smith remarked Of His Teammate Back in Smithy Sophomore Season., ‘Smithy Catches Everything’ Said Jerry Jeudy When Discussing The Talented Triumviri Of He Smith and Ruggs. It’s Often That Appellative Such As These Quotes are Overstated And These Player Cannot Live Up To There reputation But Smithy Has Cemented His Credibility As The Top Options For Alabama This Year.
On the other hand, to prevent this from becoming a panegyric Of Devonta Smith’s Explosive Production There Is A Lot Discuss How he Is Projected To Fair On Sundays Next Season. Despite Being Tailored As Alabama Number 1 Receiver This Season And with The Stats To Back That Proposition, It is Clear From film Study That Smith Is At Best A Number Two Or Complementary Receiver.
He dominated mostly Weak Talent. Even In The All-Powerful SEC.
Alabama Has drawn the ire of critiques for its porous non-conference scheduling. The Powerhouse Of The High-Powered conference has Found Itself fielded Against some Of The Weakest Non-conference opponents they Could Convince To Tussle with. This Year, For A Moment It Seemed As If The Crimson Tide Would Not Get Off So Easy. With The Corona constraints, Alabama Was Forced into Play All conference Schedule That Could Potentially Challenge Their Dominance; That Did not work Out SO Well.
The Crimson tide Practically beat the breaks off any team not Named Florida This Season. There Will Always Be A Shroud, enigma, Or Bewilderment as Too How The Corona Infected This year and How greatly was Alabama Talent Truly Test even in the SEC, without Question, A Perennial Powerhouse, But Not Even College Football Juggernauts Like Georgia Or LSU The Seismic Shifting Quake That was The Corona. It Is Difficult to detail How Much The Corona Affected This Season Play Quality Because There Is Not Quite An Accurate Comparative Reference except for Bama Texas A &M And Aforementioned Florida Who got Bludgeoned in Its final Game Of The Season By The Oklahoma Sooners The Sec Was Pedestrian and Alabama’s Star Players had A Relative Amount Of Rest against Most Of Its. What Does Mean For Smith, for one, It Mean That The Highest rated Defensive Back He Faced All Season Would Have Been Georgia’s Cornerback Tyson Campbell Who Is Currently Slated To Be The First Rounder, with Georgia Being The Highest rated That Alabama Played That Season Before The Bulldogs Fell Into Obscurity?
Disposition:
Smith’s Quiet Demeanor Is Commendable In A This World Where Wide Receivers Are Publicly feuding With Coaches or more prominent for Their social Media Production Than Their On The Field Production. Still, This Bash Body language Is Displayed On The Field. The Alabama Offense Featured Smith as Their Primary and In Year past As The third Option His Production Could Have Been The Product of Often Facing The Opponents Third Ranked Cornerback- The Elite Of College Football Often Only Have One. Smith Does Not “appear” (I Could Be Wrong) To Have That Metaphorical Dog in Him. The “Smooth’ Appellative also Implies An Ease In Ease Out approach to The Game. This Factor Is not A Necessity For a Productive Wide Receiver But Your Number 1 Wide Receiver Needs to Demand The Attention Of The Defense as Oppose To Smith Who was Bama’s Top Option By Default. Despite Being The Catalyst For Some Of The Biggest Moments For One OF the Greatest College Football Teams In History Smith Is Known For Quiet Bashful behavior. He Often Shy’s Away from The Moment if you have seen him on a recorded interview his personality does not grab you and he and his teammate were Henry Rugg’s Bonded By Their Love Of The Indoor. All Of This would Be Great, If we Were profiling A Prospect For An IT Project Manager, This Is A Potential NFL Wide receiver.
Smith’s Primary Counterpart Would Be Jamar Chase. The LSU Product Has Proven He Could Produce In His Sophomore Year And Is Better Built Than Smith But After A Year Off Jamar Name Is not As Prominent. He Has In The Past, Or In The Season Prior Proven He Can Be A Team Number 1 Option But He Toom AS With Smith Play Within Presupposition Of A Talented Wide Receiver Project At LSU; A National Championship Team That Included Vikings Wideout And Rookie Sensation Justin Jefferson Who just Torch The League And The Record Books, Another NFL Prospect In Terrance Marshall Jr, Cheifs Running Back Clydes Edwards Elaire And The Number 1 Overall Pick In LAst years Draft, Joe Burrow. Ascertaining What volume Of Their Production is A Reflection of Talent And the core Elements or Sphere They Played Within Will be A Crucial Point Of Emphasize For Scouts When Evaluating These Prospects.
Smith Is a Productive Receiver A He Very Well May Still Be The Best Of This Class When It IS All Said Done But Does That Mean He Should Be Your Number One.
