Jacquies Smith’s Wild Ride to Become the NFL’s Best Player You’ve Never Heard of

October 8, 2015   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

By no means can we perform a scientific study of one's popularity merely by using Twitter, but consider this: Taylor Swift has 64.5 million Twitter followers, Drew Brees has 2.3 million followers, St. Louis Rams punter Johnny Hekker has 24,000, New York Giants long-snapper Zak DeOssie has 6,400 and NFL sack leader DeMarcus Ware has 390,000. 
If you're a celebrity or a professional athlete using social media, you're almost guaranteed to have a huge following, regardless of your status or position. 
But what if I told you that the man who currently leads the NFC in sacks and led the entire league in that category through three weeks has just 4,600 people following him on Twitter.
That's as good an indication as any that Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Jacquies Smith is flying below NFL radar. 
The 25-year-old has four sacks through four games, which many might construe as an aberration if not for the fact he's quietly been startin...

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