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Georgia football S Tykee Smith rated highly among top CFB DBs

Georgia football S Tykee Smith rated highly among top CFB DBs

Georgia football has one of the most talented rosters in the country headed into the 2021 season. Along with the boost of four straight top-4 ranked recruiting classes, the Bulldogs have dipped into the transfer portal this offseason for some elite talent.

One of those talented transfers is West Virginia safety Tykee Smith.

Pro Football Focus rated Smith as a preseason All-American and one of the top defensive backs in the nation. They grade each player by analyzing each snap played in each season.

According to PFF, Smith is the No. 4 defensive back in the country headed into the 2021 season.

PFF wrote,

4. SCB Tykee Smith

“Smith, a three-star recruit of the 2019 class, has recorded the third-best slot coverage grade in the FBS over his true freshman and sophomore seasons while serving as the “spear” in West Virginia’s defense. Now, he’ll be taking his talents to the Georgia Bulldogs, where he will anchor a secondary that was gutted this past offseason.”

Smith will be helping replace most of the Bulldogs secondary production from last season. The NFL draft gutted Georgia in the back end, nabbing four starters from a year ago. That is a big reason why coach Kirby Smart and staff targeted Smith in the portal.

“Smith’s 2020 campaign was a sight to behold. He was targeted 38 times in coverage across 10 games and allowed just 110 yards for the season. He did not give up a single explosive pass play of 15 or more yards while making five plays on the ball and forcing 10 passing stops. At 5-foot-10, 198 pounds, Smith is a physical player who shed receiver blocks and blew up screens like clockwork in 2020. He has great eyes in coverage and was never caught off guard. Keep an eye on Smith next season — he’s the real deal.”

The Dawgs are set to begin fall camp on Aug. 6. Check out some of Smith’s career highlights here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2qAN-8Vh58

 

PFF ranks Georgia’s Tykee Smith as CFB’s No. 1 safety for 2021

PFF ranked Georgia football’s Tykee Smith as the top returning safety in college football for the 2021 season.

As we creep closer to the 2021 college football season, PFF ranked the top-10 returning safeties in the nation.

Georgia’s Tykee Smith, who transferred to UGA this offseason from West Virginia, checked in at No. 1 overall.

Smith, a three-star recruit of the 2019 class, has recorded the third-best slot coverage grade in the FBS over his true freshman and sophomore seasons while serving as the “spear” in West Virginia’s defense.

Smith’s 2020 campaign was a sight to behold. He was targeted 38 times in coverage across 10 games and allowed just 110 yards for the season. He did not give up a single explosive pass play of 15 or more yards while making five plays on the ball and forcing 10 passing stops.

The former WVU star is reuniting with defensive backs coach Jahmile Addae in Athens. The pair helped West Virginia have the nation’s top pass defense in 2020.

As a Mountaineer last season, Smith (5’11, 198) was a finalist for the 2020 Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s top defensive back. He was the 2nd highest graded defensive back in the country (85.3), according to PFF.

The junior racked up 61 tackles, 2 interceptions, and added 5 passes defended while helping West Virginia’s defense to the No. 1 passing defense in the country in 2020 (159.6 ypg), in a pass-heavy Big 12 conference nonetheless.

Watch: West Virginia transfer DB Tykee Smith’s highlight tape

Check out new Georgia football safety Tykee Smith’s highlight tape here.

Coach Kirby Smart and Georgia football staff added West Virginia transfer safety Tykee Smith to the roster from the transfer portal on Sunday.

Not a big surprise here after UGA hired former West Virginia defensive backs coach Jahmile Addae in January to the same position in Athens.

As a Mountaineer last season, Smith (5’11, 198) was a finalist for the 2020 Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s top defensive back. He was the 2nd highest graded defensive back in the country (85.3), according to Pro Football Focus.

The junior racked up 61 tackles, 2 interceptions and added 5 passes defended, while helping West Virginia’s defense to the No. 1 passing defense in the country in 2020 (159.6 ypg), in a pass-heavy Big 12 conference nonetheless.

Here’s Smith’s sophomore highlight tape:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2qAN-8Vh58

Looks like the Dawgs just got another baller in the secondary.

 

 

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