Notre Dame coach says five-star linebacker has infectious personality
(MCT) — Lose a Butkus Award winner who galvanized a program, gain an energized high school Butkus Award winner capable of doing the same.
Not a bad bit of need-filling by Notre Dame with five-star linebacker Jaylon Smith, who signed with the Irish on Wednesday and immediately was cast in a similar light to the departed Manti Te’o, all postseason controversies aside.
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