Grey Tops White on T-Day

4/20/2019 2:30:00 PM | Football

By: Troy Athletics Communications

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TROY, Alabama – Grey scored 19-unanswered points in the second half of Troy's annual T-Day Spring Game to claim a 26-7 victory over White on a windy Saturday at The Vet.

Sophomore receiver Luke Whittemore paced the Grey offense with five catches for 94 yards and a touchdown – he also had another catch down to the 1-yard line. Running back Jabir Daughtry-Frye also had a solid day in the receiving game with four catches for 53 yards.

DK Billingsley accounted for a touchdown and finished with 19 yards on the ground while Reggie Todd caught a 5-yard touchdown pass.

On the White side, redshirt freshman running back Charles Strong rushed six times for 40 yards and a score, while Timmie Gibson had three catches for 64 yards and Demontrez Brown added three catches for 39 yards.

Defensively, seven different Trojans recorded a sack in the game – John Hines, KJ Robertson, Trevon Mathis, Ahdarrious Gee, Doug Salter, Patrick Richardson and Zo Bridges.

Lindsey split his quarterbacks into two groups and they represented which team received the points. Sawyer Smith completed 13-of-26 passes for 99 yards and a touchdown and Gunnar Watson was 12-of-20 for 148 yards and a score for the Grey team. Jacob Free was 4-of-10 for 31 yards and Gavin Screws completed 5-of-8 passes for 60 yards for the White squad.

Junior Tray Eafford caught a game-high six passes for 46 yards in the game while Bee Hinton added three catches for 33 yards.

Next up for the Trojans is the 2019 season opener against Campbell on Aug. 31 at The Vet. Season tickets are on sale for as low as $60 and fans who purchase or renew by May 3 will receive a free mini replica of The Vet.

Quotable – Head Coach Chip Lindsey
"I'm really excited about the way we ended spring ball today. We have had 15 spring practices, and I really think that we improved, which is good. Today in a controlled atmosphere, we did a nice job on defense early on and the offense got going as the game moved on; both sides showed flashes. The best thing about today was that we got to sing the fight song in the locker room for the first time as a team."

Scoring Summary
GREY – Billingsley 1-yard run
WHITE – Strong 28-yard run
GREY – Whittemore 10-yard pass from Watson
GREY – Todd 4-yard pass from Smith, S.
GREY – Young 1-yard run