High School: Standout at Trinity High School (Camp Hill, PA) for head coach Jeff Boger where he also was a standout in basketball and track and field...earned second team All-State honors as a junior in football and was twice named to the All-Mid Penn Conference team...led basketball team to state AA championship in 2003 and was a state finalist in the 4 x 400 meter relay at the state track meet...set school records in the long jump and 4 x 400 meter relay...conference finalist in the 100 meters, 200 meters, high jump, and long jump...played senior season in 2003 at Maine Central Institute (Pittsfield, ME) where he was a finalist for conference Most Valuable Player honors and earned all-area honors on both offense and defense by the Kenebec Journal...volunteered at a local retirement home while at student at Trinity.

At Delaware: First-year transfer from NCAA I-A University of Connecticut...eligible immediately per NCAA transfer rules and will have two seasons of eligibility at Delaware...outstanding athlete and a hard-hitter who excels at pass coverage...should move right into Blue Hen starting lineup at outside linebacker...could also see action on Delaware special teams units...transferred to Delaware and was enrolled in school during the spring...took part in spring drills and impressed coaching staff...defensive star of Blue-White Spring Game in April as he recorded a game-high 13 tackles (five solo stops).

At Connecticut: Two-year contributor at Connecticut as an outside linebacker for head coach Randy Edsall...played in 23 games with four starts for the Huskies and recorded 74 career tackles...2006: Played in 12 games with two starts for team that posted a record of 4-8...recorded 25 tackles (eight solo) and one tackle for loss...recorded season-high 12 tackles in win over Atlantic 10 Conference foe Rhode Island...2005: Played in 11 games at outside linebacker and started games vs. Army and Rutgers... team went 5-6...ranked fifth on team in tackles with 49 (23 solo) and also had a sack, a pass breakup, two fumble recoveries, and two forced fumbles...recorded a career-high 15 tackles vs. Rutgers and added eight tackles, a sack, and recovered a fumble vs. Cincinnati...had nine wins and broke up a pass vs. Army.

Personal: Johnathon Juan Smith...born April 2, 1984...explatory major at Conneceticut...enrolled in College of Arts and Sciences at Delaware.