KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Ashley Smith's cell phone was buzzing at 2 o'clock in the morning last New Year's Day.
She didn't even bother to look at the caller ID. She already knew who was on the other end. It was her baby brother, Trey Smith, known more commonly around the football world as one of the most imposing interior offensive linemen in the college game. Smith was driving back to Knoxville from the family home in Jackson, Tennessee, and had some news to share with his sister.
"I usually get nervous when the phone rings at crazy times, but Trey had already told me he was going to head back to campus that night on New Year's Eve and wanted to talk," Ashley recalled.