2024 USC Football Roster
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Jersey Number 2
Jaylin Smith
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Palmdale, Calif.
- High School:
- Bishop Alemany HS
Bio
CAREER: In his 4-year collegiate career, Smith has 182 tackles, including 12.5 for loss (with 2 sacks), 5 PBUs, 2 forced fumbles, 1 QB hurry and 3 INTs, while appearing in 43 games with 32 starts.
2024: Smith recorded 59 tackles, including 4 for loss of 5 yards, with 2 INTs (tied for first on the team) and 2 PBUs (tied for second on the team), in 10 appearances (all but Utah State, Rutgers and Texas A&M), starting all of them, as a senior in 2024. He earned All-Big Ten Third Team honors for his perforamnce.
He had a team-leading 8 tackles against San Jose State and 6 tackles, including 2.5 for loss of 12 yards, versus Nevada. He recorded a team-leading 6 tackles, including 1 for loss of 2 yards, against Stanford. He tallied 6 tackles and 1 forced fumble versus Arizona State. He collected 5 tackles against Colorado and a team-leading 10 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards, versus Arizona. He had 2 tackles against Notre Dame and 3 tackles versus Utah. He recorded 10 tackles against California and 1 tackle and 1 PBU versus Washington. He collected a co-team-leading 6 tackles, including 1 for loss of 7 yards (with 1 sack for minus 7 yards) and 1 QB hurry against UCLA. He tallied a team-leading 12 tackles in the Holiday Bowl versus Louisville. Smith was named Defensive MVP of the bowl game.
2022: Smith had 37 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards and 2 pass breakups while appearing in 11 games with 9 starts (all but the final 5 games of the season) as a sophomore in 2022.
He had 1 tackle against Rice and 4 tackles against Stanford. He recorded 1 tackle and 1 pass breakup against Fresno State. He tallied 6 tackles at Oregon State and 3 tackles against Arizona State. He notched 5 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards, against Washington State and 7 tackles at Utah. He posted 4 tackles at Arizona and 6 tackles against California.
2021: Smith appeared in USC’s first 10 games (all but BYU and California), with 1 start (at Notre Dame), at safety and on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2021. Overall, in 2021, he had 11 tackles, including 2 for losses of 9 yards (with 1 sack for 6 yards), an interception, a deflection and a forced fumble. He suffered a concussion against UCLA and missed the BYU and California contests.
He had a tackle against San Jose State, a sack at Washington State, a tackle and interception against Oregon State, 5 tackles at Notre Dame, a deflection against Arizona and 3 tackles (1 for a loss) and a forced fumble against UCLA.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2020 PrepStar All-American as a senior cornerback, wide receiver and running back at Bishop Alemany High in Mission Hills (Calif.).
As a 2019 junior, he was All-CIF Division 3 when he had 60 tackles (4 for losses) and 2 interceptions (1 for a TD) on defense, caught 10 passes for 211 yards (21.1 avg) with 2 TD and ran for 159 yards on 14 carries (11.4 avg) with 2 TDs on offense and had 8 kickoff returns for 156 yards (19.5 avg) with a TD and a 40-yard punt return.
As a 2018 sophomore, he had 31 tackles (with a sack), 3 interceptions, 3 deflections and 2 forced fumbles on defense, 12 receptions for 162 yards (13.5 avg) and a 9-yard rush on offense and 3 kickoff returns for 110 yards (36.7 avg) with a TD and 4 punt returns for 37 yards (9.3 avg). Current Trojans Miller Moss and Dylan Gebbia also prepped at Alemany.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Communication at USC. He was in the Netflix show “Coach Snoop,” about rapper Snoop Dogg and his Snoop Youth Football League.
2024: Smith recorded 59 tackles, including 4 for loss of 5 yards, with 2 INTs (tied for first on the team) and 2 PBUs (tied for second on the team), in 10 appearances (all but Utah State, Rutgers and Texas A&M), starting all of them, as a senior in 2024. He earned All-Big Ten Third Team honors for his perforamnce.
He recorded 7 tackles versus LSU and 7 tackles at Michigan, including 1 for loss of 1 yard. He tallied 1 tackle versus Wisconsin and 4 tackles, including 1 for loss of 2 yards, against Minnesota. He had 5 tackles versus Penn State and 11 tackles versus Maryland with 1 INT. He had 7 tackles, including 1 for loss of 1 yard, with 2 PBUs at Washington and 6 tackles, with 1 INT, versus Nebraska. He collected 3 tackles versus UCLA and 8 tackles, including 1 for loss of 1 yard, against Notre Dame.
2023: Smith recorded 75 tackles, including 5.5 for loss (with 1 sack), 1 forced fumble, 1 QB hurt and 1 PBU at safety while appearing and starting in 12 games (all but Oregon) as a junior in 2023.He had a team-leading 8 tackles against San Jose State and 6 tackles, including 2.5 for loss of 12 yards, versus Nevada. He recorded a team-leading 6 tackles, including 1 for loss of 2 yards, against Stanford. He tallied 6 tackles and 1 forced fumble versus Arizona State. He collected 5 tackles against Colorado and a team-leading 10 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards, versus Arizona. He had 2 tackles against Notre Dame and 3 tackles versus Utah. He recorded 10 tackles against California and 1 tackle and 1 PBU versus Washington. He collected a co-team-leading 6 tackles, including 1 for loss of 7 yards (with 1 sack for minus 7 yards) and 1 QB hurry against UCLA. He tallied a team-leading 12 tackles in the Holiday Bowl versus Louisville. Smith was named Defensive MVP of the bowl game.
2022: Smith had 37 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards and 2 pass breakups while appearing in 11 games with 9 starts (all but the final 5 games of the season) as a sophomore in 2022.
He had 1 tackle against Rice and 4 tackles against Stanford. He recorded 1 tackle and 1 pass breakup against Fresno State. He tallied 6 tackles at Oregon State and 3 tackles against Arizona State. He notched 5 tackles, including 1 for loss of 4 yards, against Washington State and 7 tackles at Utah. He posted 4 tackles at Arizona and 6 tackles against California.
2021: Smith appeared in USC’s first 10 games (all but BYU and California), with 1 start (at Notre Dame), at safety and on special teams as a first-year freshman in 2021. Overall, in 2021, he had 11 tackles, including 2 for losses of 9 yards (with 1 sack for 6 yards), an interception, a deflection and a forced fumble. He suffered a concussion against UCLA and missed the BYU and California contests.
He had a tackle against San Jose State, a sack at Washington State, a tackle and interception against Oregon State, 5 tackles at Notre Dame, a deflection against Arizona and 3 tackles (1 for a loss) and a forced fumble against UCLA.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2020 PrepStar All-American as a senior cornerback, wide receiver and running back at Bishop Alemany High in Mission Hills (Calif.).
As a 2019 junior, he was All-CIF Division 3 when he had 60 tackles (4 for losses) and 2 interceptions (1 for a TD) on defense, caught 10 passes for 211 yards (21.1 avg) with 2 TD and ran for 159 yards on 14 carries (11.4 avg) with 2 TDs on offense and had 8 kickoff returns for 156 yards (19.5 avg) with a TD and a 40-yard punt return.
As a 2018 sophomore, he had 31 tackles (with a sack), 3 interceptions, 3 deflections and 2 forced fumbles on defense, 12 receptions for 162 yards (13.5 avg) and a 9-yard rush on offense and 3 kickoff returns for 110 yards (36.7 avg) with a TD and 4 punt returns for 37 yards (9.3 avg). Current Trojans Miller Moss and Dylan Gebbia also prepped at Alemany.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Communication at USC. He was in the Netflix show “Coach Snoop,” about rapper Snoop Dogg and his Snoop Youth Football League.
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