Quarterbacks Terry Wilson and Sawyer Smith and running back AJ Rose talk about upcoming fall camp and season at Kentucky media day. Dominique Yates, Louisville Courier Journal, Louisville Courier Journal
LEXINGTON – As a sophomore at Tate High School in Florida, new Kentucky quarterback Sawyer Smith’s college plans already appeared set.
Smith was committed to Alabama to play baseball. His older brother Austen was a slugging first baseman for the Crimson Tide on his way to a stint in the Miami Marlins organization, and Smith looked destined to follow in those footsteps.
But Tate football coach Jay Lindsey saw something special in Smith on the gridiron as well.