Jacob Smith featured in new 2024 ESPN 300 Rankings

ESPN revealed a new update to its 2024 ESPN 300 high school football player rankings on Wednesday. The list of the top 300 high school seniors includes four future Kentucky Wildcats. Among them, Jacob Smith is featured on the World Wide Leader’s website as one of the “top scheme fits” in the 2024 recruiting class.

“Like Josh Allen and J.J. Weaver before him, the 6-foot-5, 235-pound hybrid DEL/OLB will fit quite nicely at the ‘Jack’ position for Mark Stoops,” the new ESPN 300 story notes. “Smith is super long and rangy, covering a ton of ground on the run. He has enough twitchiness to win with his first step as a pass rusher and tested well at camp this past spring. Smith ran a 4.79 40-yard dash and a 7.39 three-cone L-drill, which is very impressive.”

One of twin brothers who committed to Kentucky last month, Smith is ranked No. 89 in the new update. He is the 14th-ranked defensive end in the class.

The other Smith, Jerod, is ranked No. 157 in the ESPN 300. The Smith boys are in-state standouts at Corbin High School.

Brian Robinson is UK’s highest-ranked commit

Nine spots ahead of Jacob Smith in the ESPN 300, Brian Robinson is Kentucky’s top-ranked commitment at No. 80. Robinson is also Kentucky’s newest member of the class. The four-star defensive end’s commitment is only two weeks old.

One other future four-star Wildcat, cornerback Terhyon Nichols, also made the list at No. 275. Nichols is the 26th-ranked cornerback.

Kentucky in the 2024 ESPN 300

80. Brian Robinson (#13 DE)
89. Jacob Smith (#14 DE)
157. Jerod Smith (#9 DT)
275. Terhyon Nichols (#26 CB)

See the entire 2024 ESPN 300. You can compare it to On3’s player rankings.

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