Quinyon Mitchell<\/a> who has been wildly successful as a member of the Eagles. That mentorship seemed to have paid off with the massive jump in play and production for Smith during the two years following Mitchell\u2019s jump to the NFL.<\/p>\nOverall, Smith wins with a high football IQ and steady understanding of the nuances that come with playing cornerback.<\/p>\n
The Bad<\/p>\n
Smith fell out of the draft\u2019s seven rounds due to a lack of ideal length and top-end speed. No one physical attribute stands out but production is production. That tends to translate no matter what the physical shortcomings are.<\/p>\n
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He also tends to miss far too many tackles which is worrisome for a player who will likely see most of his snaps closer to the box.<\/p>\n
2026 Outlook<\/p>\n
I believe Smith has one of the best chances of making the final roster out of the UDFA haul thanks to his natural ability to find the ball despite lacking in length and speed. The Chargers need a true slot cornerback to help solidify their rotation on the outside and there\u2019s truly a place for Smith if he can compete with the promising UDFAs from the 2025 group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next up in our 90-in-90 series is cornerback Avery Smith! Let\u2019s dive in! The Basics Height: 5\u201910Weight: 196College:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[103581,19103,241,380,7,1014,262,2444,2443,577,6,2024,121336,4734],"class_list":["post-904508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-chargers","tag-avery-smith","tag-boca-raton","tag-chargers","tag-florida","tag-football","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleschargers","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-nfl","tag-quinyon-mitchell","tag-riverwood-high-school","tag-toledo-rockets"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116658595655440039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904508","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=904508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}