Marcus Smith, Senior 6-1/200 DB Miami, FL , American Senior H.S.(courtesy JSU Athletics)
Marcus Smith could just about taste that sweet flavor called success. The Jackson State outside linebacker/safety put on a show in 2006 with 50 tackles (fourth on the team) and a 55-yard interception return for a touchdown against Grambling. He was penciled in as a starter on a 2007 defense that became one of the best in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, on a team that went 8-4 and won the school's first SWAC championship since 1996.
Everything looked good until one snap during the 2007 spring workouts - the snap of Smith's ankle. Good-bye season."You think you're going to be the man, then you get hurt," Smith said. "This year I'm keeping myself pretty calm. This year I'm really pretty humble. "I don't want to take anything for granted because I did last year."
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