As Toryan Smith stood in the hallway of the athletics facility, talking about how important his family was to him, his phone rang. He took a look and chuckled.

“That’s my mom, calling right now,” he said.

The linebacker, a self-described homebody, said he talks to his family every day.

“That’s real important, to keep in touch with my family,” he said. “They keep your head straight.”

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