Western Michigan WR Trey Smith enrolls at JSU

Trey Smith of Perry HS has enrolled at Jacksonville State.  He was likely not offered a scholarship at Georgia State for the spring semester and wanted to go somewhere where he could get a scholly for spring and summer.

This is not bad news for us.  We return all of our WR corps for 2011 and will only lose Sidney Haynes to graduation after the season.

Western Michigan's WR Trey Smith Transfers to Georgia State

Welcome to GSU Trey Smith!

Photo Courtesy of Kalamazoo Gazette file

From MLive.com

Trey Smith's 6-foot-4, 222-pound frame made him an intriguing prospect as a wide receiver. It wasn't enough for consistent playing time within Western Michigan University's football program.

Broncos coach Bill Cubit said Thursday that Smith is transferring to Division I-AA Georgia State.

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Notes: Smith was the #189 rated WR by ESPN's Scouts, Inc and was a Top 10 WR in the State of Georgia in 2008.  He had offers from Akron, Marshall, East Carolina, Akron, Ball State before signing with Western Michigan.

From ESPN Scouts, Inc.

Smith is a huge target that does not get many opportunities to catch the football in this scheme. His size and long arms are his best assets as he is purely a possession guy that is best utilized on underneath routes and in the [Red Zone] area on jump balls.

My Take: This is a tremendous grab as he will be a true Junior this fall.  This looks to be very much a family related decision as his quote from someone I talked to was:

"Transferring back home after this semester. I'm gone miss my Western Michigan Fam but I gotta do whats best for me and my family."

His size will give us another powerful Red Zone weapon in 2011 and 2012.  Great work by Coach Pugh, Coach Curry and the rest of the staff.