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  OrTre Smith is ready for his true sophomore year at South Carolina. If he had to wait three years to get here, that's just the hand he was dealt. "I feel great. Knee is great," said Smith, who was an Army All-American coming out of Wando High School in 2017. "My knee situation, that's over with now. I feel completely fine. The little year and a half, that was just something I had to go through. I'm past that." That was Smith catching a pass between a corner and a linebacker at practice the other day, then turning upfield, no knee brace in sight. His body looked slimmer, his speed strong.

Some of the newcomers at practice asked who that was. Smith's name was pointed to, along with his "redshirt senior" designation. Yes, that's correct. Smith has been at USC for five years, and he's just now completely ready to play his true second season. The first time he tried a balky knee sent him down a path he is happy to revisit, but only to illustrate how far he's come. "When I got my knee injury my sophomore year, I wasn't thinking a long-term thing. It was, 'OK, I'm hurt, I've been hurt before, I'll be fine next year," Smith said. "My junior year, that's when everything kind of hit me. I couldn't play like I used to play. I never thought about quitting at all. But it weighed on me." - The Post and Courier


rSr/2023 WR OrTre SmithNorth Carolina Central
News Source: The Post and Courier



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