With John Wolford, a true freshman, seemingly entrenched as Wake Forest’s starting quarterback, Travis Smith took his leave of the football program in mid-September. Three months later, the quarterback officially has a new home.
Friday afternoon, Eastern Michigan announced that Smith is one of eight players, mostly from the JUCO ranks, who have been added to the football program. Smith is already enrolled in classes at EMU for the winter semester.
The rising sophomore will participate in spring practice and, because of when he left Wake, will be eligible to play immediately in 2015.
Smith, who didn’t see the field during his very brief stint with the Demon Deacons, was a three-star member of Wake’s 2014 recruiting class, rated as the No. 24 dual-threat quarterback in the country. Following his senior season in high school, he was named the Gatorade Michigan Player of the Year.
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