Onto sadder news incoming, UAB freshman Jamari Smith drowned in a lake while swimming with friends Wednesday according to Alabama authorities.
The 18-year-old was a standout football/basketball player for Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama was set to compete for the starting safety position for the Blazers.
According to ESPN, county coroner Bill Harris told AL.com that Smith was swimming with friends at a lake near Lee County, Alabama when he came tired and submerged. He was located underwater by first responders and pronounced dead at East Alabama Medical Center at 6:05 p.m.
UAB took to social media to offer its condolences for the tragic accidental drowning.
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