Troubling news emerged Thursday morning regarding former SEC QB Chris Smelley, who went missing in the Gulf of Mexico. The Walton County Sheriff's Office announced that he had not been seen since going fishing in a blue and black kayak earlier this morning. WCSO officers and South Walton Fire District attempted to locate Smelley with jets skis in the water near the beach he'd left from.The United States Coast Guard was brought into the search and after hours of looking for the former South Carolina QB they finally found him....

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CRDNLSCHMCPSN11•24 days

And he had no life jacket or flares. I'm glad this had a happy ending. It often doesn't.

pensacola•28 days

He was trading shots with Alec Kessler at the Sand Shaker

Thracken13•28 days

i read the seas were calm, but the wind was making it difficult for people to row into shore - sounds like the wind blew him out to sea - was found 2.5 miles out.

Motownsix•28 days

Down in the Keys the winds out of the north were brutal Wednesday and Thursday.

Timeoday•29 days

Did he hook a lost tarpon on 2# test and get pulled to the Keys?

YStar•29 days

Dude has a wife a children he scared the life out of... what a dumbass

TygerDurden•29 days

Something stinks about this….I’ll show my self to the door now.

Lynxrufus2012•29 days

Semper Paramus! Good job Coast Guard. You found the needle in a haystack.

Lynxrufus2012•29 days

Paratus damn autocorrect.