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Jersey Number 27
Rickey Smith
- Position:
- S
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 170
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Orlando, FL
- High School:
- Jones
Bio
2025 (r-Senior)
• Voted a Team Captain
2024 (r-Junior)
• Played in all 12 games and had seven starts
• Finished the year with 24 total tackles, including a TFL, a pass breakup and a hurry
• Competed in 230 defensive snaps
• Had three tackles and a PFF grade of 80.0 in the win over Tennessee Tech
• Collected four stops at Ole Miss
• Started at safety against WKU and had three tackles
• Had four tackles, including a TFL against Duke
• Turned in two tackles and a hurry in a start at Memphis
• Had three stops at JSU
• Served as a game captain at UTEP
2023 (r-Sophomore)
• Played in 11 games
• Finished the year with four total tackles
• Was in on 81 total snaps with majority coming on special teams
• Had two stops against New Mexico State
2022 (r-Freshman at Purdue)
• Did not play in any games
2021 (Freshman at Purdue)
• Redshirted
High School
• Three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals
• No. 100 ranked outside linebacker in the 2021 recruiting class by 247Sports
• Notched 34 tackles, 20 solo, with 1.0 tackles for loss and three interceptions as a senior in 2020
• Helped Jones to a 9-1 record in 2020 and a region final appearance in the Florida State Championships
Personal
• Full name: Rickey Laville Smith
• Parents: Brian Poole and Buffy Harp-Poole
• Born: 12/4/2002
• Major: Integrated Studies
• Voted a Team Captain
2024 (r-Junior)
• Played in all 12 games and had seven starts
• Finished the year with 24 total tackles, including a TFL, a pass breakup and a hurry
• Competed in 230 defensive snaps
• Had three tackles and a PFF grade of 80.0 in the win over Tennessee Tech
• Collected four stops at Ole Miss
• Started at safety against WKU and had three tackles
• Had four tackles, including a TFL against Duke
• Turned in two tackles and a hurry in a start at Memphis
• Had three stops at JSU
• Served as a game captain at UTEP
2023 (r-Sophomore)
• Played in 11 games
• Finished the year with four total tackles
• Was in on 81 total snaps with majority coming on special teams
• Had two stops against New Mexico State
2022 (r-Freshman at Purdue)
• Did not play in any games
2021 (Freshman at Purdue)
• Redshirted
High School
• Three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals
• No. 100 ranked outside linebacker in the 2021 recruiting class by 247Sports
• Notched 34 tackles, 20 solo, with 1.0 tackles for loss and three interceptions as a senior in 2020
• Helped Jones to a 9-1 record in 2020 and a region final appearance in the Florida State Championships
Personal
• Full name: Rickey Laville Smith
• Parents: Brian Poole and Buffy Harp-Poole
• Born: 12/4/2002
• Major: Integrated Studies
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