Maurice Smith granted waiver from SEC

Maurice Smith graduated from Alabama last week and was granted his release from Alabama and a waiver from the SEC to transfer to Georgia.BIRMINGHAM – Maurice Smith, a former student-athlete at the University of Alabama, has received a conditional waiver to Southeastern Conference rules that will permit Smith to transfer to the University of Georgia to pursue a graduate degree while having the option to complete his final year of athletic eligibility in either 2016 or 2017, with provisions dependent on the achievement of Smith’s stated academic objectives should he play in 2016.

“Graduate transfer rules were established with the intent to be grounded in the academic interests of the…