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Nate Smith commits to Temple

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Nate Smith commits to Temple

POSTED: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 3:43 PM

Keith Pompey, Inquirer Staff Writer

Filed Under: Football

Nate Smith, a senior defensive back at Archbishop Wood High School, gave an oral commitment to play football at Temple on Monday night.

The 6-foot, 190-pounder orginally gave an oral commitment to West Virginia. But he changed his mind after West Virginia defensive coordinator, Jeff Casteel, resigned to coach at Arizona under Rich Rodriguez.

Smith also had scholarship offers from Michigan State, South Carolina and Toledo.

He and Wood teammate, Brandon Peoples, will both sign national letters of intent to play at Temple on Wednesday.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:50 PM, 01/31/2012

Smart move Nate. Nothing is better than home cooking, family, and friends. Okay maybe a big NFL contract is pretty close.

— damnels

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:53 PM, 02/01/2012

Now this kid is what I call a RECRUIT! Go Owls.

— joninohio

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About this blog

Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer reporter since September 2004. He began covering the Temple men's basketball team in November 2010 and Temple football in August 2011. Pompey previously covered the Penn and Drexel men's basketball teams after initially focusing on high school sports.

Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh graduate. Follow him on Twitter @pompeysgridlock. Reach Keith at kpompey@phillynews.com.