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Flashback: How Jaylon Smith and his infectious smile wound up with the Dallas Cowboys

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Editor's note: This story originally ran in June 2016.

The football coach had a hankering for a hamburger. And so he left his office at the small Catholic high school, drove down the street to the nearest fast food emporium and, as he placed his order at the drive-through, thought only of how he would shed the sinful calories.

As he crept up to the pay window, he couldn't suspect the surprise that awaited.

Jaylon Smith, who was the best high school linebacker in America and had recently committed to play at Notre Dame, just smiled as he handed Kyle Lindsay his order.