Linebacker-U has successfully sent another linebacker through to the NFL draft. Penn State’s [autotag]Brandon Smith[/autotag] was selected in the third round by the Carolina Panthers on the final day of the 2022 NFL draft in Las Vegas.
The Panthers moved up in the draft by trading up with the Washignton Commanders to get into a position to secure the Penn State linebacker. [autotag]Matt Rhule[/autotag] sure knows a good Penn State linebacker when he sees one, and Brown will now join a defense that already has some Penn State flavor with [autotag]Yetur Gross-Matos[/autotag].
New LB in the Carolinas đź’Ş@brand0n_smith12 pic.twitter.com/4IvrYNQHpa
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 30, 2022
Day 3 work 🤝 @Commanders pic.twitter.com/9TANTANnbR
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) April 30, 2022
Penn State had two linebackers drafted in the 2021 NFL draft with [autotag]Micah Parsons[/autotag] and [autotag]Odafe Oweh[/autotag] each being selected in the first round a year ago. Cam Brown was also selected in the 2020 NFL draft as Penn State has started to send linebackers back to the NFL draft on a more regular basis.
Smith is the fourth Penn State player to be drafted in this year’s NFL draft. [autotag]Jahan Dotson[/autotag] was a first-round pick of the Washington Commanders. [autotag]Arnold Ebiketie[/autotag] will join Smith in the NFC South after being selected by the Atlanta Falcons early in the second round (also trading up to get him), and [autotag]Jaquan Brisker[/autotag] went later in the second round to the Chicago Bears.
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