Ken Norton JR - Jaylon Smith?

[AsthmaField]

Norton would take on blockers readily. Smith dances around blockers and doesn't seem to block shed well. I see Jaylon Smith as another Bruce Carter, when he was at his best.

Smith has the instincts for LB that Carter only had in his dreams. Smith is miles ahead of carter when he gets healthy.

JMO

 

[Bleu Star]

You can project Smith inside or outside. My player comps for this class....

Ezekiel Elliott - Emmitt Smith
Jaylon Smith - Lawrence Taylor
Maliek Collins - John Randle
Charles Tapper - Bruce Smith
Dak Prescott - Fran Tarkenton
Anthony Brown - Darrell Green
Kavon Frazier - Steve Atwater
Darius Jackson - Marcus Allen
Rico Gathers - Antonio Gates

I really like those comparisons. My only real difference would be Jaylon Smith. He reminds me so much of Patrick Willis.

 

[FiveTime]

Norton wasn't remotely as good as Smith was in college.

 

[KJJ]

maybe so, I just found it interesting. Both big time linebackers from big schools taken at nearly the same spot who wont play in the first season.

Norton still got some offseason work before suffering his thumb injury. A knee and a thumb are totally different all 32 teams aren't going to pass up a great talent in the draft due to a thumb injury. Smith suffered nerve damage in his knee he may never be the same player we saw prior to that injury. Can you name a college player other than Willis Mcgahee that had a first round grade who ended up having a solid NFL career after suffering a serious knee injury their final year in college that caused every team to pass them up in the first round? Norton wasn't the talent coming out of college that Smith was so they don't even compare in that area.