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How One Kick Helped a Super Bowl Champion Pave Trey Smack’s Path to Packers

Green Bay Packers On SI·Bill Huber·26 days ago
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GREEN BAY – Trey Smack’s path from a lacrosse field in Maryland to Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, started with a conversation between former NFL kicker Matt Stover and his excited son. “Joe came home one day after practice and said, ‘Dad! You should see Trey Smack kick the football! Holy crap!’” Stover told Packers On SI this week. “So, I kind of cracked up. I went, ‘All right, well, first of all, who’s Trey Smack?’” Smack’s mom, Libby, had a similar question. Who’s Matt Stover? Trey Smack was a lacrosse player, first and foremost. He had played soccer, too, growing up, but decided to give football a shot as a sophomore at Severna Park (Md.) High School. As Libby said at the time, Stover recalled, “He just kind of kicks.” When another dad mentioned that Joe Stover’s father was Matt Stover, she replied: “‘Who’s Matt?’ They had no clue,” Stover said. Stover is merely one of the greatest kickers in the history of the sport.…

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