Jaylin Smith is ready to roll with his other Houston Trojans (or USC Texans, whichever you prefer)<\/p>\n
Matt Zemek
\n\u00a0|\u00a0 Trojans Wire<\/p>\n
The Houston Texans<\/a> and new NFL draft pick Jaylin Smith have wasted no time getting down to business. Texans Wire reports on the Texans’ ability<\/a> to quickly finalize a rookie deal with the USC star:<\/p>\n “According to\u00a0KPRC 2 Sports’ Aaron Wilson<\/a>, the\u00a0Texans<\/a>\u00a0have agreed to terms on a four-year, $6.16 million slotted deal with\u00a0USC rookie cornerback Jaylin Smith<\/a>. The third-round pick will also receive a $1.12 million signing bonus.<\/p>\n “Drafted 97th overall<\/a>\u00a0following a breakout season under new defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn in California, Smith is a do-it-all defensive back with potential to become of the better backups in any secondary. A former teammate of fellow third-round USC defensive back Calen Bullock (2024), Smith\u00a0started 32 games for the Trojans<\/a>\u00a0over his final three seasons, including 21 at nickel, 10 games at outside corner and once at safety.<\/p>\n “He intercepted two passes last season and totaled 58 tackles. He also posted an\u00a082.6 defensive grade from Pro Football Focus<\/a>\u00a0was the second-best mark on the\u00a0Trojans<\/a>\u00a0behind only linebacker Eric Gentry.”<\/p>\n The Houston Trojans are ready to roll in 2025. Jaylin Smith, Calen Bullock, and Woody Marks are all part of the new roster with the Texans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaylin Smith is ready to roll with his other Houston Trojans (or USC Texans, whichever you prefer) Matt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2056],"tags":[7,221,253,2368,6,222,3606,9653,8242],"class_list":{"0":"post-39482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-texans","11":"tag-houstontexans","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-texans","14":"tag-trojans","15":"tag-usc","16":"tag-usc-trojans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114484571706975892","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}