Georgia lands transfer commitment from West Virginia standout DB
Tykee Smith will reunite with Jahmile Addae. The West Virginia transfer defensive back will play for his former WVU position coach at UGA, he announced Sunday night with a transfer commitment.
In his two seasons playing under Addae, Smith recorded 111 total tackles, including 10.5 for loss (8 TFL in 2020), 4 interceptions and 9 passes defended. This past season, as a sophomore, Smith recorded 61 tackles, 5 pass breakups and 2 interceptions, earning third-team AP All-American recognition.
Smith was named the No. 5 returning defensive back in 2021 by PFF. Some of his highlight plays can be viewed in the YouTube video embedded below.
Top returning DBs in College Football, per @PFF_Anthony pic.twitter.com/vTL2BzUl62
— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) February 24, 2021
Same Mission, Next Chapter…🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/mfJDGAa4Dk
— T.Smith (@TykSmith) April 5, 2021
Good get.
I TOLD YOU!!!! TYKEE IS IN THE FAMILY!!! WHO CALLED IT? NEGAN DID!!!! I’ve been on the phone. I’ve been talking to my contacts. I’ve been talking to Mr mystery DB. I’ve been working 24/7 except sleep time and meals to land him for the family. How did I do it???? That’s for me to know. But all I have to say from THE BRAIN is WELCOME TYKEE SMITH!!!! Welcome to the Georgia family. And welcome to the Negan family!!!!!
PS. Who is next??? Thank me later.
Negan
You’re nuts.
Am I nuts or are you? Because when I call something it happens. Like after Florida clenched the east. I said that pathetic excuse for a team LSU was going to beat them. I even said how!!!!
Then I said ALABAMA was going to beat them and that it was going to be close and it was!!! I said it would come down to the clock running out. It did!!!!!
Then I said. OU would beat them BADLY! That it wouldn’t even be a close game at all. Just a total blowout and it was!!!!!
The best trick of all. I CALLED THE OU LOSS EVEN BEFORE ANYONE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO PLAY OU!!!!!
PS. I’m nuts, I’m insane and I’m crazy! Crazy like a fox!!!!! And I don’t need friends from other teams!!!
Negan
Absolutely insane
That’s the way to stand up for your UGA family!
Negan
Negan, you make claims and post comments that are indefensible.
Baxter……There is no claim that I have made. That I can’t back up!!!! Everything I said. I can backup especially about predictions. Some things I won’t talk about. Call me crazy if you wish.
BUT I BLEED RED AND BLACK! Sometimes I wonder about others.
PS. Luckily I don’t mind standing alone. I fully able.
Negan
Boxter…….Out of curiosity. What claim have I made that was indefensible??? Enlighten me.
Negan
I find I can read a few more sentences of Negans posts if I imagine him speaking in the pretentious accent of the Stanton optical commercial guy who says “either” with the beginning sylable using a hard “i” pronunciation. Still haven’t made it to the end of one but thats progress.
Welcome to the Dawg Nation young man!
Whatever, 1980
Hater4life showing his frustration with HBC Dork Gator’s mediocre recruiting. Not even an SEC Championship to speak of in 15 years. The Gators have reverted to the mean.
Watch will be funny if Rogers commits to UGA! LOL Maybe I’ll go after him next.
Negan
Negan loves to see his amazing “genius” in print.
Well I do have a genius IQ especially in certain categories. But I don’t necessarily love to see it in print. But if I make a prediction and it comes to pass. And if it’s a nearly impossible prediction. I don’t mind if people know that I called it.
PS. My detractors love their little comments against me to be in print don’t they?
Negan
Gtr4life maybe you should consider Later4life, as in always later from this point on!!!!! I agree with you. 1980 was some kind of year and you’re right. It looks like 1980 all over again!!! Only probably better!!!!
But it’s really good sportsmanship for a gator to remind us of 1980. Since that was the season we beat Florida with Lindsay Scott. Run Lindsay!!!! And we won the national championship. You being a gator really surprise me.
So just for you. I’ll stop reminding you personally of the RAPE VS OU. For your sake. I’ll call it. A non-consensual 5 TD BEAT DOWN! Now is that better?
PS. Just a reminder. That was the 2021 team out there to!!! Mullen admitted it. Then he tried to leave and couldn’t. LOL
Negan
Buck to Lindsay all the way to house on 3rd down. 93 yards under a minute left. Good times. Thank you
93 yards??? Wow that was good times wasn’t it? We have our Florida brethren to thank for the memories in 2 ways. First they were the team we made the memories with!!! Second they remind us the most of that season. You would think they would want to forget it. LOL
Negan
Miss St has a better recruiting class than FL right now. Go suck an orange.
SavimusMaximus…..Miss st probably has a better team as well lol.
Negan
Ouch!
Arik Gilbert
Arik Gilbert you can still come to Georgia if you like. We have at least 2 roster spots remaining.
Negan
@Gtr4life……..1980, I know what we did that year. But what did Florida do? Didn’t you lose 4 or 5???? I know how you lost the Georgia game LOL!!!!
PS. You weren’t expecting to get Tykee Smith were you????
Negan
4 months ago:. Nobody works the transfer portal like CDM! Arik Gilbert! Suck it UGA!
Today: Whatever
LSU killing it though
Killing what? Besides their program!!!!! LOL. When Ed is finished LSU will only stand for Lousy Stinking University!!! Tennessee won’t be the joke of the SEC anymore. I predict every great player at LSU will leave. The second the NCAA HAMMER COMES DOWN, LIKE THOR!!!! Another possibility for LSU will be Losers Stink University!!! The options are really too numerous to mention here!!!! LOL
PS. Lost Stars University?
Negan
Still nuts.
LOL
Awesome! With the way Kirby and Co. recruit, you knew it was coming.
I wonder who they’ll bring in for the CB position.
Tykee Smith will reunite with Jahmile Addae. The West Virginia transfer defensive back will play for his former WVU position coach at UGA.
As far as a transfer player goes, it doesn’t get any better than that.
Hey Tim…that’s the million dollar question. What about the Dawg’s continued need at CB?
I’m not too worried about the corner spot personally. I think Ringo will be a stud and Kimber is going to surprise a lot of people. And I think Nyland Green is basically Tyson Campbell with better ball skills, he just needs to learn the system and get comfortable with the speed of the game. Some experience would be nice there but I think if they don’t bring anyone in at corner, they will still be alright.
What I worry more about is the edge spot. Ojulari was obviously a great pass rusher but he held up really well in the run too. I don’t know if Nolan Smith can do either of those things as well. Jermaine Johnson would have been able to hold down that spot really well and he’s the only other guy on the roster with experience. I know Anderson will play there some too but he’s usually gonna be on the other end playing a combo of on-ball/off-ball while the other spot is on ball almost exclusively.
Kirby said the need at this point is experience. The CB transfer from Clemson is the highest rated at this time.
But he’s had some trouble with the law recently.
I haven’t looked into why he decided to transfer in the first place. Kid seems to have some questions attached that would need to be answered. I think it’s likely that Kirby takes at least 1 CB from the transfer portal.
If Kirby is okay with Tykee then that’s good enough for me but that WV team sure gives up a lot of points.
They gave up a lot on the ground but they were first in the nation through the air. Now some of that might be because teams knew they didn’t HAVE to pass on them cause they could run on them but if you look at his film he’s a good player.
Now that he’s a Dawg, the question is can he break into that starting rotation.
Seems kinda late to benefit from spring drills but I’m excited to see what he does in fall camp.
Won’t be there for spring drills. Enrolling in the fall.
Luckily since he has experience he might not need all of the spring drills but guys like Brini and others will have a leg up in fall camp
Georgia fans, this guy is like, really really good. I watched his highlights after he joined the portal and his awareness and speed is great. He’s a straight ballhawk. Gonna be frustrating to throw against. Addae being the DBs coach was very instrumental in landing him.
We already had a couple of head-hunters on the roster before Coach Addae came over.
Now is the NCAA going to Grant him his eligibility or or they going to take there sweet @$$ time granting his eligibility. I know graduate transfers are granted immediate eligibility. How does it work for other transfers?
New transfer rules are being formulated.
Chances are he will be eligible.
Isn’t every player immediately eligible now ? Sure seems that way. Once the Name and Likeness is approved, college sports changes forever.
Not yet.
He’ll be eligible. I think there’s about to be a one time transfer waiver for all athletes or something like that. @Dawgtime, yes, the NCAA sucks. My Tigers would’ve won a lot more basketball games this year, had they not taken their precious time to grant Sharife his eligibility.