CB/WR Smith Sees Recruitment Expand

Corner/receiver Octavian Smith (Paint Branch/Burtonsville, Md.) had one power-five offer from Vanderbilt heading into May 19, but that quickly changed in the span of a half-hour. The 6-foot-1, 175-pounder landed, in succession, offers from Maryland, Syracuse and Duke, sending Smith’s brain into a whirlwind.

“Honestly, I was thinking this can’t be real.