Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith credits his early success in college football to something entirely out of his control

Smith is from Miami Gardens, Florida. He played high school football at one of the best schools in the entire country, Chaminade-Madonna Prep, a powerhouse in Hollywood, Florida. When he says that South Flordians will compete in anything, he's not exaggerating.

But when it comes to football, there is something embedded deep within the culture of South Florida. A sport that requires you to be as mentally tough as it does physically tough, that competitiveness, that will, that desire and discipline...It's all turned up a notch when it's 110 degrees and 95% humidity in July in fall camp and you want to win a state championship.

When you step onto a football field in South Florida, from peewee, to varsity to the University of Flordia or Miami, you quickly learn that it's a business. A cold-blooded one at that, where everyone wants to level up and they are willing to do whatever it takes to win.

So yea, that's no shot at many of the great corners and defenses that Smith played his freshman season who didn't have South Floridians guarding him, but there is an it factor to players from the tri-county area of Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade.

The scary part, or if you're an OSU fan, the best part...Smith might be one of the best ever to hone that it factor from the sunshine state when it's all said and done.