Chris Smelley reunited with his family Thursday night. (Photo courtesy of Chris Smelley) “Pretty quickly as I got offshore just a little bit I knew that I was in trouble,” Smelley said.

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Destin's Eddie Morgan, Capt. Kevin Moak and a boat named Hey Baby came to the rescue when former South Carolina QB Chris Smelley went missing in the gulf.

The Smelley family will spend their final vacation day on the beach today before heading home. ... Chris Smelley, 37, went fishing in his blue and black kayak around 8:30 am and has not returned.

Smelley and his family were vacationing in Panama City Beach and he had rented a kayak to go fishing that day. However, Smelley was stranded for more than 12 hours after he had drifted out to sea ...

Chris Smelley Played Quarterback For South Carolina (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Chris Smelley was an all-state baseball catcher and quarterback during his playing days at American Christian ...

Chris Smelley, #7 of the South Carolina Gamecocks, throws a pass against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Williams-Brice Stadium on November 8, 2008, in Columbia, South Carolina. South Carolina defeated ...

Chris Smelley, a former star college football quarterback, got stranded in a kayak and spent 11 hours in the Gulf of Mexico several miles off the coast of Florida before being rescued last week.

Sylacauga football coach Chris Smelley spent about 11 hours in the water March 28 after the ocean swept him and his kayak miles from shore. After a Coast Guard rescue, ...

GRAYTON BEACH, Fla. -- Kayaker Chris Smelley was spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard after being stranded at sea for 12 hours with no phone or life jacket. The dramatic rescue, in the middle of the ...