Career
Prior to being drafted into the Canadian Football League, he played Canadian Interuniversity Sport (Commonwealth of Independent States ) football for the Concordia Stingers. In 2013, his final year at Concordia, Smith played offensive guard in addition to playing his usual defensive tackle. He was named the Stingers" 2013 football Most Valuable Player and top defensive lineman by the team
Smith impressed the scouts with at the 2014 Canadian Football League Combine in March.
He had not been ranked on the Canadian Football League Scouting Bureau"s winter scouting report, but he was listed as the number 4 prospect after the combine. Calgary Stampeders
Smith was selected in the first round of the 2014 Canadian Football League draft, seventh overall, by the Stampeders, and was later signed to their roster.