Education
Smith attended Greenville High School in Greenville, Alabama.
Smith attended Greenville High School in Greenville, Alabama.
He played college football at Kentucky. Smith played basketball in high school and didn't starting playing football until his senior year. Smith played college football for two years at East Mississippi Community College before transferring to the University of Kentucky.
In his two years at East Mississippi he recorded 66 tackles and 11 sacks. In his first year at Kentucky, Smith started all 12 games and recorded 59 tackles and six sacks. As a senior in 2014, Smith had 60 tackles and 4.5 sacks.