Rickey Smith

2025 (r-Senior) • Voted a Team Captain 2024 (r-Junior) • Played in all 12 games and had seven starts • Finished the year with 24 total tackles, including a TFL, a pass breakup and a hurry • Competed in 230 defensive snaps • Had three tackles and a PFF grade of 80.0 in the win over Tennessee Tech • Collected four stops at Ole Miss • Started at safety against WKU and had three tackles • Had four tackles, including a TFL against Duke • Turned in two tackles and a hurry in a start at Memphis • Had three stops at JSU • Served as a game captain at UTEP 2023 (r-Sophomore) • Played in 11 games • Finished the year with four total tackles • Was in on 81 total snaps with majority coming on special teams • Had two stops against New Mexico State 2022 (r-Freshman at Purdue) • Did not play in any games 2021 (Freshman at Purdue) • Redshirted High School • Three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals • No. 100 ranked outside linebacker in the 2021 recruiting class by 247Sports • Notched 34 tackles, 20 solo, with 1.0 tackles for loss and three interceptions as a senior in 2020 • Helped Jones to a 9-1 record in 2020 and a region final appearance in the Florida State Championships Personal • Full name: Rickey Laville Smith • Parents: Brian Poole and Buffy Harp-Poole • Born: 12/4/2002 • Major: Integrated Studies