A three-star recruit according to both Rivals.com and Scout.com.

Trinity Valley CC: participated in the Triumphant Sport's Bowl Junior College All-Star Game ... as a freshman, posted 70 tackles, nine sacks and two forced fumbles ... 2006 and 2007 Southwest Junior College Football Conference Honorable Mention ... coached by Brad Smiley.

Pulaksi County: 2005 Kentucky High School All-State First-Team selection as a linebacker ... posted 79 tackles as a junior ... coached by John Hines.

Data: Born June 17, 1987, in Somerset, Ky. ... son of Breaker and Juli Smith and Bobby Gumm ... one of six children ... plans to major in communications ... also recruited by Arizona, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Marshall, Tennessee, Oklahoma State, Oregon, New Mexico, Iowa State, Texas A&M, Utah, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, North Texas and Western Kentucky.