We've talked about Mitchell Smith before, in Friday's Commitment Watch post, as well as the August Recruiting Catch-Up post. Smith is a bit of a project in that he's on the slight side at around 205 lbs right now, and for a 6-10 forward, that's not much. He's an unranked 3-star Power Forward who is a fluid athlete and plays in a big position of need for the Tigers.
There are a lot of reasons to like this signing, because it does fit right in where the stated recruiting philosophy Kim Anderson has talked about in the press.