Jaylin Smith
Houston TexansPos CB
Updated August 24, 2026
Draft & College
Round 3, pick 97 · Houston Texans · 2025
USC (Big Ten)
Taken
#97
where he actually went
Consensus board
160th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#1160
among CB in our college data
He went earlier than consensus.
In college · 2021-2024 · 49 games
3 INT, 5 pass breakups, 176 tackles, 12 TFL
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Coming out
4.82
RAS
4.45s
40 yd
32"
Vertical
122"
Broad
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 410 players taken as a third-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 51% earned a second contract and 39% became starters. The median one started 21 career games.