Emmitt Smith

Emmitt Smith

Smith at 2007 speech
No. 22
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1969-05-15) May 15, 1969 (age 47)
Place of birth:	Pensacola, Florida
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:	Escambia HS, Pensacola, Fla.
College:	Florida
NFL Draft:	1990 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17
Career history
Dallas Cowboys (1990–2002) Arizona Cardinals (2003–2004)
Career highlights and awards
3× Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX) Super Bowl MVP (XXVIII) 8× Pro Bowl (1990–1995, 1998, 1999) 4× First-team All-Pro (1992–1995) Second-team All-Pro (1991) 4× NFL rushing yards leader (1991–1993, 1995) 4× NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1991–1993, 1995) Bert Bell Award (1993) 2× NFL Most Valuable Player (1992, 1993) NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1990) NFL 1990s All-Decade Team Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor SEC Most Valuable Player (1989) Unanimous All-American (1989) 3× First-team All-SEC (1987–1989) NFL records 18,355 rushing yards, career 164 rushing touchdowns, career 4,409 rushing attempts, career
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 18,355 Rushing touchdowns: 164 Rushing average: 4.2 Receptions: 515 Receiving yards: 3,224 Receiving touchdowns: 11 Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

NFL records

Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15, 1969) is a former college and professional American football running back who became the National Football League's (NFL) all-time leading rusher during his fifteen seasons in the league during the 1990s and 2000s.

Smith grew up in Pensacola, Florida and became the 2nd leading rusher in American high school football history while playing for Escambia High School. Smith then attended the University of Florida, where he set numerous school rushing records over a three-year college career with the Florida Gators. After being named a unanimous All-American in 1989, Smith chose to forgo his senior year of eligibility and play professionally.

The Dallas Cowboys selected Smith in the first round of the 1990 NFL draft. During his long professional career, he became the NFL's all-time rushing leader, breaking the record formerly held by Walter Payton, and played for three Super Bowl-winning Dallas Cowboys teams. Smith is the only running back to ever win a Super Bowl championship, the NFL Most Valuable Player award, the NFL rushing crown, and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award all in the same season (1993). He is also one of four running backs to lead the NFL in rushing three or more consecutive seasons, joining Steve Van Buren, Jim Brown and Earl Campbell. Smith led the league in rushing and won the Super Bowl in the same year three times (1992, 1993, and 1995) when to that point it had never been done. Smith is also one of only two non-kickers in NFL history to score more than 1,000 career points (the other being Jerry Rice). Smith was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010.