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Jaguar Highlights: Listed as one of two starters at cornerback heading into preseason camp ... Recorded two tackles, including a sack for a loss of seven yards, for the Red team in the Jaguars’ spring contest.

Western Michigan Highlights (2009-10): Played his first two seasons on the collegiate level at WMU ... Last fall, he recorded 29 total stops in seven appearances — which included six starts — as the Broncos finished 6-6 overall and 5-3 in the Mid-American Conference ... Opened the season with a career-high-tying seven stops and a forced fumble at eventual Big Ten co-champion Michigan State ... Paced the team with a new career best of eight tackles, including an assist behind the line, in a league win at Akron ... Finished with six stops (five solo) against a Northern Illinois team that would end up in the national rankings ... As a freshman, was credited with 26 tackles (19 unassisted), also intercepting two passes and breaking up three more ... Collected four stops in his collegiate debut at Michigan ... Made a season-high seven tackles, adding a pair of passes defensed, in 58-26 win at Toledo ... First career interception came at Kent State near the end of the season.

High School Highlights: Was the top-rated cornerback and ranked 32nd overall in the state by the Detroit News coming out of Inkster High following the conclusion of his prep career ... Also named to the Detroit News 2009 Blue Chip list ... Collected 136 tackles and picked off nine passes during his career with the Vikings ... Named all-conference and all-metro as a senior after leading IHS to state title game ... In the semifinals of the playoffs, intercepted three passes — including one he ran back 98 yards for a touchdown — to be honored with the Detroit Free Press Performance of the Week ... On offense, recorded 580 all-purpose yards and scored three touchdowns his final season.

Personal: Full name is Damond Earl Smith II ... Born July 8, 1991, in Ecorse, Mich. ... Son of Damond Smith and Valerie Parks ... Is the youngest of four children ... Favorite movie is “The Pursuit of Happyness” ... Favorite book is the Bible ... Favorite player is Deion Sanders ... Michigan and Cincinnati were among the other schools to recruit him ... An interdisciplinary studies major.