ATHENS, Ga. (AP) – Defensive back Maurice Smith has started his acclimation to Georgia a day after the Southeastern Conference cleared his transfer from Alabama as a graduate student. Smith was assigned a No. 2 jersey and was with the Bulldogs for Saturday’s scrimmage at Sanford Stadium. Coach Kirby Smart, the former Alabama defensive coordinator, said Smith’s new teammates were…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (sec.org) – Maurice Smith, a former student-athlete at the University of Alabama, has received a conditional waiver to Southeastern Conference rules that will permit Smith to transfer to the University of Georgia to pursue a graduate degree while having the option to complete his final year of athletic eligibility in either 2016 or 2017, with provisions dependent on…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AlabamaNews.Net) – Wednesday, Alabama Head Football Coach Nick Saban told reporters that the university has cleared the way for Tide senior defensive back Maurice Smith to transfer within the Southeastern Conference, if he so chooses. Smith, who has already graduated from Alabama, has been trying to follow former Tide assistants Kirby Smart and Mel Tucker to Georgia, but…
