Sammie Smith

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Sammie Smith
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Smith running track at Florida State in 1988
No. 32, 33
Position: Running back
Personal information
Born: (1967-05-16) May 16, 1967 (age 58)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:226 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school: Apopka (Apopka, Florida)
College: Florida State
NFL draft: 1989: 1st round, 9th pick
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:1,881
Rushing average:3.5
Total touchdowns:16
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Sammie Lee Smith (born May 16, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the 1989 NFL draft with the ninth overall pick. [1] [2] Smith played in four NFL seasons from 1989 to 1992 for the Dolphins and Denver Broncos. [3]

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he was a 1987 First Team All South Independent, 1988 Second Team All-South Independent

Smith has had numerous legal problems since leaving professional football. In 1996, he was convicted of two counts of possession and distribution of cocaine, [3] and spent seven years in prison as a result. [2] He won restoration of his civil rights from the State of Florida in June 2010. [2]

In 2013, he was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame. [4] [5]

NFL career statistics

Legend
BoldCareer high

Regular season

YearTeamGamesRushingReceiving
GPGSAttYdsAvgLngTDRecYdsAvgLngTD
1989 MIA 13122006593.325678111.6340
1990 MIA 16162268313.73381113412.2531
1991 MIA 126832973.618114956.8120
1992 DEN 3123944.1150000.000
44355321,8813.53315323109.7531

Playoffs

YearTeamGamesRushingReceiving
GPGSAttYdsAvgLngTDRecYdsAvgLngTD
1990 MIA 22411814.417033110.3130
22411814.417033110.3130

References

  1. "1989 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Smith granted rights after sentence". ESPN . June 3, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "SPORTS PEOPLE: FOOTBALL;Smith Pleads Guilty in Drug Case". The New York Times . March 20, 1996. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  4. Smits, Gary (September 11, 2013). "Former FSU star Sammie Smith 'blindsided' by induction into Seminoles Hall of Fame". Jacksonville Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  5. "Sammie Smith".