Running back Trelon Smith has found a new home. After previously agreeing to a mutual breakup at Arizona State, Smith is now gearing up to continue his college football career in the SEC with the Arkansas Razorbacks. Smith took to Twitter to announce his destination over the weekend.
According to a report from HawgSports.com, Smith will not be around for the spring with the Razorbacks. Instead, he will enroll later this summer and join the program then. The redshirt freshman was a three-star recruit in the Class of 2017 will provide an instant boost to the depth of the running back position at Arkansas as the Razorbacks are a bit thin this spring with three backs on scholarship.
Beyond blessed to say I’m a razorback #mbk #GoHogs pic.twitter.com/61Odvz6gK0
— Trelon Smith (@trelonsmith22) March 10, 2019
Smith will have three years of eligibility at Arkansas. Although Smith played for Arizona State in 2017, he only appeared in four games last season to preserve a year of eligibility under the NCAA’s revised redshirt rules implemented last season. Of course, barring any possible exemption granted by the NCAA, Smith will now have to sit out a season before being eligible to play in a game again under the NCAA transfer rules. It is unknown if Smith will seek a waiver to be ruled eligible immediately in the fall.
