COREY SMITH ON DECK? Spring is in the air, and so are redemption stories. Wide receiver Corey Smith, the only former JUCO star on the roster other than new transfer OL
Malcolm Pridgeon, has flashed talent during his time in Columbus, but never has strung it together consistently.
Smith graduated with a communications degree on Sunday, and the coaching staff is hopeful the sixth-year senior realizes his potential this fall. He's come along way.
From
dispatch.com:
“[Urban Meyer] looked at me,” Zach Smith said of Meyer, “and said, ‘Do you remember what
that looked like when he first walked in here?’ "
That instead of he. That’s how low Corey Smith’s standing was back then.
This time, “Corey had a grin from ear to ear," Zach Smith said. "He looked at (Meyer) and said, ‘You love me, Coach.’ When he said it, I flashed back to when he first got on campus and the transformation he has made. He’s far, far, far from a finished product, but he’s a different kid than he was three years ago.”
Also
revealed in the article: Smith expects to be 100% healthy in a month...
and he's a father of five children. He's set to marry his fiancée and mother of his four most recent children, Tasheema Thomas, next summer.