With cornerback numbers dwindling due to injuries late last season, Mississippi State nearly pulled the redshirt off one of it’s promising young freshmen.
Maurice Smitherman‘s uniform was always kept ready inside the Seal M-Club Center just in case the Bulldogs sustained another injury at that position.
That scenario nearly unfolded on Oct. 24 against Kentucky as time was called with starting corner Taveze Calhoun shaken up with a leg injury after a play.
“Everybody was coming up to me on the sideline telling me I was about to play,” Smitherman said. “Calhoun is tough and I was glad to see him get up after that.