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Eagles Rookie Profile: 6 things to know about DeVonta Smith

The Philadelphia Eagles made dreams come true by trading up to No. 10 in the 2021 NFL Draft to select DeVonta Smith. In order to learn even more about him, I reached out to SB Nation’s Alabama blog: Roll Bama Roll. Crimson Tide writer Brent Taylor was kind enough to answer my questions.

1) Can you recap his college career?

Smith came to Alabama as a borderline 5-star prospect out of Louisiana but was generally the third-most talked-about guy, as Jerry Jeudy had all the Twitter video highlights with ankle-breaking route-running while Henry Ruggs was setting all kinds of track records with his ridiculous speed.