#12

Sawyer Smith

Senior quarterback for Kentucky. 2019: 690 passing yards, 4 TD, 5 INT.

QB · Kentucky · Sr. · #12

6′3″ · 221 lb · Cantonment, FL

Kentucky 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DUAL recruit

No. 963 nationally · Signed with Troy

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Kentucky. 2019: 690 passing yards, 4 TD, 5 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Troy in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kentucky, 2,540 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20166 games

Signed with Troy3-star out of Tate

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#963 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

2018–2019

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Troy10-3HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2018Troy10-3HC: Neal Brown · Run-leaning

2019Kentucky8-5HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: completion % (1st percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#60 / 177 · 60th pct

Fumbles lost#66 / 166 · 47th pct

Rush TDs#102 / 177 · 32nd pct

Rush yards#144 / 177 · 19th pct

-11

Pass TDs#155 / 177 · 11th pct

Pass yards#161 / 177 · 9th pct

690

Yards / att#167 / 177 · 6th pct

5.5

Completion %#175 / 177 · 1st pct

45.2%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	58.7	0.7	5.0	0.5
Road3g	113	0.0	4.2	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	133	0.8	4.9	1.0
Weeks 8+4g	6.2	0.0	4.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Kentucky	57	126	45.2%	690	5.5	4	5	93.8	--	--	--
2018	Troy	144	230	62.6%	1,669	7.3	14	6	138.4	--	--	--
2016	Troy	18	25	72.0%	181	7.2	1	1	138.0	--	--	--
Career		219	381	57.5%	2,540	6.7	19	12	123.6	--	--	--

Season	Team
2019	Kentucky	24	-11	-0.5	1	--
2018	Troy	73	200	2.7	1	--
2016	Troy	19	73	3.8	1	--
Career		116	262	2.3	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 2	W 38-17vs Eastern Michigan	5/9	76	2	0	8.4	93.7
Wk 3	L 21-29vs Florida	23/35	267	2	3	7.6	76.1	Season-high 267 yds · 3 INTs — rough day
Wk 4	L 13-28@ Mississippi State	15/41	232	0	1	5.7	35.1
Wk 5	L 7-24@ South Carolina	11/32	90	0	1	2.8	3.6
Wk 9	W 29-7vs Missouri	1/1	9	0	0	9.0	99.2
Wk 11	L 13-17vs Tennessee	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 12	W 38-14@ Vanderbilt	2/4	16	0	0	4.0	—
Wk 13	W 50-7vs UT Martin	0/3	0	0	0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 37-30vs Virginia Tech	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	—
Total		57/126	690	4	5	4.7	61.5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology