SawyerSmith

UK Career

Played two seasons at UK after transferring from Troy where he played three seasons
Saw action in nine career games with three starts, all coming in 2019
Completed 57 of 125 career passes for 690 yards and four touchdowns
Became just the second UK quarterback since 1993 with two passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown in his first career start (Florida 9/17/19)
Graduated in July of 2019 from Troy with a degree in social science … Graduated from UK in December of 2020 with a master’s degree in kinesiology and health promotion

2020 – Senior

2019 – Junior

Played in eight games with three starts
Completed 57 of 125 passes for 690 yards and four touchdowns
Saw his first action vs. Eastern Michigan at the start of the fourth quarter after an injury to starting QB Terry Wilson
His first pass at UK was a 54-yard touchdown throw to WR Ahmad Wagner … Completed 5 of 9 passes for 76 yards and two touchdowns in the game vs. EMU
Missed two games with injury (Georgia and Arkansas)
Made his first start vs. Florida, going 13-of-35 for 267 yards and two touchdowns
Became just the second UK quarterback since 1993 with two passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown in his first career start … The other to accomplish that was Jared Lorenzen vs. Louisville in 2000 … His 267 passing yards are the most for a UK quarterback in his first career start since Patrick Towles vs. UT Martin in 2014 (377)

2018 – r-Sophomore (Troy)

Played in all 13 games, taking over as the starting quarterback seven games into the season after junior Kaleb Barker was lost for the year with a knee injury
Went 5-2 as a starter
Completed 144 of 229 passes with 1,669 yards and 14 touchdowns
Also rushed 74 times with 191 yards and one rushing TD
Named MVP of the Dollar General Bowl after leading Troy to a 42-32 win over Buffalo
Completed 31 of 44 passes for 320 yards and four touchdowns, and added 191 rushing yards and a score
In Troy’s victory over South Alabama in the “Battle for the Belt” tossed three touchdown passes
Rushed for 56 yards against Georgia State, including a 63-yard rush, which is the second longest run by a Troy quarterback in the school’s Division I history

2017 – Sophomore (Troy)

2016 – Freshman (Troy)

Played in six games as Troy’s backup quarterback
Completed 18-of-25 attempts for 181 yards
Threw a 47-yard touchdown pass on his first collegiate attempt; the first quarterback in Troy’s recorded history to do so
Completed all seven of his passes for 86 yards against Austin Peay
Also rushed 19 times for 73 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown against UMass, which followed a 41-yard run

High School

Finished with a 27-9 record as a three-year starter
Two-time PNJ All-Area pick
Earned all-state and all-district honors as a senior
Led Tate to the Florida 6A semifinals as a senior for the first time in 10 seasons; the Aggies finished the season 10-3
In his junior and senior seasons, combined to pass for 5,627 yards and 47 touchdowns
Also rushed for 1,063 yards and 20 touchdowns in those two seasons
Graduated as the No.33 ranked dual-threat quarterback according to 247 Sports and the No. 36 QB by ESPN
Threw for 2,304 yards and 19 touchdowns as a junior in addition to rushing for 440 yards and seven touchdowns
Also an excellent baseball player

Personal

Born in Pensacola, Florida
Son of Johanna and Billy Smith
Brother, Austen, played baseball at Alabama and with the Miami Marlins organization

Sawyer Says

He chose Kentucky because it was a good fit and a good opportunity to play in the SEC
His sports hero is Joe Namath because he’s tough, cool and a winner
Most people don’t know he was offered a baseball scholarship by a rival SEC school as a freshman in high school
The best advice he’s ever received is “you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take” – Wayne Gretzky and Michael Scott
The three people he would invite to his fantasy dinner are Elvis, Max Duffy and Billie Eilish