Trey Smith Discusses Using Pro Day to Raise Money for Rare Diseases

Trey Smith Discusses Using Pro Day to Raise Money for Rare Diseases

Trey Smith recently received the honor of being named a Torch Bearer at Tennessee, the highest honor a Tennessee student can receive. 

Smith’s on-field production coupled with his off-field work, which has been phenomenal, helped him be an obvious choose for the honor. 

"With the Torchbearer award, it is a great honor, Smith said. “I'm humbled and really blessed to receive it. You're talking about a kid who came to Tennessee's campus wide-eyed and a little unsure of himself. God's good. Here I am standing here today, a Torchbearer recipient. I can't do anything but just praise God and thank him for that. With the new coaches, I've been able to meet with Coach Heupel one time. I was actually walking in the weight room to meet Coach Kurt (Schmidt). I have a really good feeling about them. They're really good people. I'm excited to see where Tennessee football is going to go."

Smith’s impressive off-field work will continue with his pro-day, as each rep will raise money for rare diseases.

"(I was) scrolling through social media and seeing guys like Rashawn Slater, Creed Humphrey, guys that I train with,” Smith said. “I saw the causes that they put on their social media. They reached out to me asking if I would be willing to make a post to help out with different types of diseases. So, first and foremost, it's something that costs me very little. I simply just make a social media post. I think within an hour or two hours, the targeted amount of money that we wanted to raise was already raised. I think it was something that was easily done and for them, it means the world. For us as athletes, with the platform we have, I think it's something that we should do. In terms of how many reps of bench press, I'm shooting for 30."

Coverage from Tennessee’s pro-day will continue throughout the day.