Cameron Jordan didn’t need much time to figure out the kind of teammate and man Will Smith was, after Smith and Jordan, then the New Orleans Saints’ first-round draft pick, crossed paths when Jordan was selected No. 24 overall in 2011.
One defensive end (Smith) quickly took to the other (Jordan). The careers of the two overlapped for a couple of years, with Smith playing for New Orleans from 2004-12.
“He was not only an intellect but he’s a guy who, when I first came in, it was a lockout year and he was training out in Arizona,” Jordan said.