UNDERSIZED. Scrawny. Slender. Scraggly. String bean. If the first thing you’re going to mention about DeVonta Smith is that he’s a walking billboard for skinny jeans, put some respect on his game and call him the nickname he keeps earning over and over: Slim Reaper.
Smith isn’t the shortest player in the NFL, nor is he the lightest. But when it comes to body proportions and the eye test, few athletes seem more miscast to play pro football. When the wideout’ ” says Alex Singleton, a former Philly linebacker who now plays for Denver. “Like, if someone hits him, he’s going to get fucked. Then, you know, he makes every play.”
