3-star WR Jerminic Smith from Garland, TX will also be officially visiting the #Iowa #Hawkeyes this weekend: http://t.co/vac3jNmb4F
— Andrew Kulha (@AKonSports) October 30, 2014
We are getting into the time of the year when top high school players begin taking their official visits to schools across the country. I bring it up because one of the Mean Green’s wide receiver targets is about to hit the road.
Jerminic Smith of South Garland will visit Iowa this weekend.
If you’ve been following the blog, you know why Smith is such an interesting target. He’s the younger brother of former UNT wide receiver Darnell Smith, who was a key contributor after walking on at UNT. He led the Mean Green in receptions with 70 and finished just behind Brelan Chancellor with 791 receiving yards last season. We talked to him at Friday Night Lights last summer.
The brothers are close. Jerminic posted this photo on his Twitter account this week:
Putting on for the big bro today without him life would suck
#Jerseyday pic.twitter.com/PWwu0KTvve
— _gladiatormode (@1timeforjerm) October 28, 2014
What makes this interesting is that Smith is the third younger brother of a member of UNT’s Heart of Dallas Bowl team who is also a Division I prospect. Zach Orr’s younger brothers Nick and Chris were both top-notch prospects. Nick is currently playing quite a bit for TCU and already has an interception in his freshman season. Chris is headed to Wisconsin.
It would be tough for UNT go go 0-for-3 on younger brothers of guys who played on the bowl team.
What UNT has to hope is the insight those older brothers provided their younger brothers as far as what the school has to offer will lead them to pass on the chance to play for a major conference program to play for the Mean Green.
UNT didn’t land either of the younger Orr brothers, but it still has a shot with Smith, who is just the type of player who could make a big difference for UNT.
The Mean Green have struggled all season to find a complement for Carlos Harris. Smith could be that type of player.
Stay tuned.