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LeBron James quote-tweets a post about Chaminade-Madonna's Jeremiah Smith

King James is looking forward to seeing Smith in "Scarlet & Gray" at Ohio State

Gary Adornato

Jeremiah Smith, widely regarded as the No. 1 wide receiver in the nation and well as the top football player in the state of Florida has caught the eye of NBA superstar LeBron James.

As Smith and his Chaminade-Madonna teammates began preparations, on Monday, for their Class 1M regional final playoff game with Cardinal Newman, this Friday, King James publicly expressed his admiration for Smith by quote-tweeting a post on X from College Football Report, listing several of Smith's rankings and showing some video highlights of him.

"Can’t wait to see him in Scarlet & Gray," was the text which accompanied James tweet, referring to Smith's commitment to Ohio State. James was born in Akron, Ohio and is a long time fan of all things Ohio State.

James went straight from high school to the NBA, but has often stated that if he would have played college basketball it would have been at Ohio State. He often tweets about Buckeye sports and has been a generous benefactor of the school's athletic program.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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