Owings Mills Lineman Donovan Smith dominates at US Army Jr. Combine

[Footballgold]

Donovan Smith the All-State Second Team Offensive Tackle of Owings Mills High finished as one of the Top 10 linemen out of the 75 or so linemen that were invited from across the country. He made the All Army Combine Second team with strong consideration for First Team. He held his own against defensive ends from Texas, Florida, California and Louisiana.

As quoted by Michigan scout Eugene Hankerson, "Smith has a great base to build on, he looks like a tight end with long arms to boot. Was outstanding in the 1 on 1's, at the end of the day, there were few who wanted to challenge Smith. Great potential. Donovan is outstanding on the defensive side of the ball as well. Look for Owings Mills to turn the corner this season. Smith is garnering interest from Alabama,Michigan,UCLA,West Virginia and Maryland.

http://alabama.scout.com/2/936906.html

[GTerror]

Donovan Smith the All-State Second Team Offensive Tackle of Owings Mills High finished as one of the Top 10 linemen out of the 75 or so linemen that were invited from across the country. He made the All Army Combine Second team with strong consideration for First Team. He held his own against defensive ends from Texas, Florida, California and Louisiana.

As quoted by Michigan scout Eugene Hankerson, "Smith has a great base to build on, he looks like a tight end with long arms to boot. Was outstanding in the 1 on 1's, at the end of the day, there were few who wanted to challenge Smith. Great potential. Donovan is outstanding on the defensive side of the ball as well. Look for Owings Mills to turn the corner this season. Smith is garnering interest from Alabama,Michigan,UCLA,West Virginia and Maryland.

http://alabama.scout.com/2/936906.html

Good to hear. I have heard Smith is a real good lineman. He probably hasn't got the recognition in the area he deserves playing for a rebuilding program.

It's nice to see positive news coming out of the Owings Mills program after some rough years. Hopefully Owings Mills can continue their improvement from last year.

[Footballgold]

Yeah its a shame that he has to go 1200 miles away to the State of Texas to get recognized. Had he played at Gilman, Mcdonogh or any other football hot bed this probably would have been covered better. Barry Every of Rivals.com is calling him possibly the best lineman in the State of MD.

[patriot]

Congrats to this young man . Those combines hold a lot of weight.

[Footballgold]

http://mdhigh.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1038990

[Footballgold]

http://mdhigh.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1039380

[JustMyThought]

Barry Every of Rivals.com is calling him possibly the best lineman in the State of MD.

Smith will obviously be one of the state's elite linemen next season, but most people would probably rank DeMatha's Cyrus Kouandjio as the best. Here's Maryland's Top 40 returning linemen for 2010 :


6'3 255 Jasper Hunter (Arundel)
6'2 245 Josh Wade (Bladensburg)
6'1 215 Stephen Campbell (Blake)
6'3 250 Marco Jones (Boys Latin)
6'4 280 Greg Pyke (Boys Latin)
5'10 250 Dan Yarborough (Calvert Hall)
6'4 225 Sean Reaver (Catoctin)
6'3 220 Brady Ridenour (Catoctin)
6'1 300 Zach McHugh (Centennial)
5'11 250 Calvin Dove (Clarksburg)
6'7 330 Cyrus Kouandjio (DeMatha)
6'3 280 Darian Cooper (DeMatha)
6'2 265 Pete Collins (DeMatha)
5'11 240 Dan McManus (Eastern Tech)
5'11 245 Alex Skarzynski (Georgetown Prep)
6'4 255 Ben Curtis (Gibbons)
6'2 265 Brian Gaia (Gilman)
6'4 265 Hunter Goodwin (Gilman)
6'3 250 Ryan Watson (Good Counsel)
6'1 250 Patrick Walsh (Good Counsel)
6'0 235 Steve Snyder (Good Counsel)
6'2 220 Maz Lehrman (Landon)
5'11 235 Luis Gutierrez (Long Reach)
6'3 285 Luke Ilardo (Loyola)
6'2 200 Dab Ukwvani (Magruder)
6'4 220 Roman Braglio (McDonogh)
6'2 215 EJ Conway (McDonogh)
6'0 235 Stanley Smith (Milford Mill)
6'4 255 Dylan Dopson (North Hagerstown)
6'6 270 Donovan Smith (Owings Mills)
6'4 280 Derek Pittman (Pallotti)
6'6 345 Leon Brown (Parkdale)
6'1 270 Damien Williams (Parkside)
5'9 210 Bernard Wolley (Seneca Valley)
6'1 265 David Coffin (South River)
6'5 220 Kevin Alston (St. Frances)
6'2 322 Terrell Stewart (Suitland)
6'2 240 Warren Carroll (Surrattsville)
6'1 240 Sean Harmon (Watkins Mill)
6'0 215 Kian Magruder (Westlake)
6'4 220 Tyler Krug (Westminster)

[KLynch]

boys latin will have the Best Tackle combo in the state with Marco Jones and Greg Pyke. Marco has an offer from Maryland, with more coming, and Pyke will be a national recruit in 2011 and probably some offers coming soon.

Their Highlights.

Greg
http://www.baltimoremetrosports.com/...e_athlete/3435

Marco
http://www.baltimoremetrosports.com/...e_athlete/1785

[watson34]

I would have to disagree on that one,

For 2011 the Best Tackle Combo is Cyrus Kouandjio 6-7, Kelby Johnson 6-8, from DeMatha. Smith is just as good as either, but does not have an equal bookend on the other side.

For 2012 The Best Tackle Combo is Ryan Watson 6-4, Michael Madaras 6-6 from Good Counsel. Since these two guy's are only sophomores they will grow and get better which is amazing with the skill they already possess.

[watson34]

Just wanted to add that Rico Webb 6-8 290lbs, will most likely play inside next year, and at Tackle his Senior year. DeMatha will have the largest offensive line in the State next year again. With the two above, added to Webb.

[GREYHOUND ALUM]

I would have to disagree on that one,

For 2011 the Best Tackle Combo is Cyrus Kouandjio 6-7, Kelby Johnson 6-8, from DeMatha. Smith is just as good as either, but does not have an equal bookend on the other side.

For 2012 The Best Tackle Combo is Ryan Watson 6-4, Michael Madaras 6-6 from Good Counsel. Since these two guy's are only sophomores they will grow and get better which is amazing with the skill they already possess.

Yeah I have to agree with you on this one as well. The Boy's Latin combo aren't even the best one in Baltimore. The combo of Hunter Gooodwin and Brian Gaia at Gilman are better as well. Both are High D1 recruits.