{"id":188769,"date":"2016-03-23T16:58:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T20:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=188769"},"modified":"2026-07-25T20:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T00:06:18","slug":"n-c-central-defensive-back-ryan-smith-grew-from-scrawny-freshman-to-nfl-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=188769","title":{"rendered":"N.C. Central defensive back Ryan Smith grew from scrawny freshman to NFL prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior looking to become first Eagles player drafted since 2007<\/p>\n<p>Move from safety to cornerback better fit his skills, caught scouts&#8217; attention<\/p>\n<p>Smith, at 5-foot-11 and 187 pounds, will work out for Panthes on Thursday<\/p>\n<p> \u2026 <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/college\/football\/article67826332.html#storylink=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Continue \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/college\/football\/article67826332.html#storylink=rss\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/sports\/college\/football\/article67826332.html#storylink=rss\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"N.C. Central defensive back Ryan Smith grew from scrawny freshman to NFL prospect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlotte Observer Carolina Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior looking to become first Eagles player drafted since 2007 Move from safety to cornerback better fit his skills, caught scouts&#8217; attention Smith, at 5-foot-11 and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-panthers","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-88-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=188769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1905237,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188769\/revisions\/1905237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=188769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=188769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=188769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}