The UAB football program is in mourning this week.
Jamari Smith, a former Alabama high school basketball star and rising freshman at UAB, was identified as the victim in a tragic drowning accident on Wednesday.
Coroner Bill Harris identified the victim as 18-year-old Smith.
“Harris said Smith was with friends swimming at the lake when he apparently became tired and went under. 911 was called as the friends attempted to locate Smith.
Auburn firefighters located Smith shortly after their arrival. Harris said no foul play is suspected and the case is being treated as an accidental drowning. The case is being investigated by the Auburn Police and the Lee County Coroner.”
Smith was a member of the school’s 2020 state championship team.
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In the last four years, the Lee High School men’s basketball team lost former player Rod Scott in a car accident in 2016, Shaquille Johnson was shot and killed in 2018, and now Jamari Smith.
Even though Smith was a basketball star, he signed with UAB to play defensive back.
