That, friends, is how Jake Fromm chasing off a second five-star recruit - current Washington starter Jacob Eason was the first - led to Sawyer Smith enrolling at Kentucky. Welcome to the family, all about QB Sawyer Smith here > #BringIt /vlqm6hnYM5 The real moral of this story is this: If you want to raise a quarterback, name your kid Gunnar.Īfter spring practice, Smith had just as good of a shot at being a backup in the SEC as he did in the Sun Belt. But Barker would be back healthy in 2019, and Smith would have to compete with redshirt freshman Gunnar Watson* as well as junior college transfer - and Vanderbilt bounceback - Jacob Free to be the backup for new coach Chip Lindsey. He capped the season with an MVP performance in the Dollar General Bowl after throwing for 320 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-32 win against Buffalo. Smith had gone 5-2 at Troy in 2018 after he replaced injured starter Kaleb Barker in October. If he scheduled well and buckled down, he could finish his bachelor’s degree in social science at Troy and be available to play two years at another school beginning this season. Smith, whom Brown had plucked from Cantonment, Fla., decided to get his affairs in order. He finished his degree in agricultural economics at Kentucky, and he headed home.Ĭo❌ing ho❌e!! □ /XsGbsskISLĪt the end of last season, former Kentucky receiver and offensive coordinator Neal Brown left Troy to become the head coach at West Virginia. So before April ended, Hoak was already eliminating Ms from his tweets. He didn’t get recruited by the Buckeyes out of high school, but he suddenly had a chance to play for them now. His uncle was once Ohio State’s defensive coordinator. Hoak grew up in the Columbus suburb of Dublin, Ohio. Gunnar Hoak, who backed up Terry Wilson at Kentucky last year, was born in the hospital on Ohio State’s campus. That left an opening for a backup in Columbus. When it was clear he wouldn’t, he left for TCU. Matthew Baldwin, another Ohio State quarterback, tried to win the Buckeyes’ starting job in spring practice. Though 2018 Ohio State backup Tate Martell initially claimed he’d stay and compete with Fields, his tune changed once Fields actually decided to become a Buckeye. So with Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins declaring for the NFL Draft, Fields saw an opportunity in Columbus. Fromm played so well as a sophomore last season that Justin Fields, a five-star freshman who signed with Georgia in 2018, saw no immediate path to playing time.
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