Kevin Smith (running back)
- Detroit Lions (2008-2012)
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Kevin Smith ( born December 17, 1986 in Miami, Florida) is an American football player in the National Football League ( NFL). He played for the Detroit Lions in the position of running backs. He is currently a free agent on the market.
Early years
Kevin Smith went to the Southridge High School in Miami, Florida. He was a very good student and also played American football in high school. This he did so well that he was appointed after three years, twice for the All- Dade County selection. In his time as a junior he latched on to 1125 yards space gain and scored 15 touchdowns.
College
Kevin Smith moved to the High School to the University of Central Florida. Also on the Smith College played on strong and scored in three years, he played for the University team, the Knights, 4864 yards on 905 attempts, which constitutes an average gain of 5.37 yards per room experiment. He scoring 45 touchdowns. Smith was employed at this time in 34 of 36 games.
His achieved 4864 yards are the second most in the history of Conference USA. During his junior time Smith brought it to 450 running tests, with that number he beat the existing record since 1981 by Marcus Allen with 405 running attempts. His erlaufenen in time 2566 yards have almost the existing record since 1988 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA) Season Rushing erected, at the time, means of Barry Sanders. At the end he lacked only 62 yards extra space to break the existing record of 2628 yards space gain in the NCAA by Barry Sanders.
In his last season he was traded by many as a candidate for the Heisman Trophy winner. However, at the end of the season he finished only 8th place with 55 points and three votes, who voted for him directly to the Heisman Trophy winner. However, this result was the second best result in the history of UCF, because Smith was only the second player to have ever unite in the history of the college, the votes for the direct election for the award of the Heisman Trophy to be. Before him, this only succeeded Daunte Culpepper, who is now his teammate in Detroit.
Draft
At Pro Day he ran the 40 - yard run in 4.45 and 4.47 s when vertical leap he reached the height of 33.5 cm and he pressed 15 times the weight of 105 kg. Despite his strong performance during his time in college, he was traded by the experts after the Pro Day only 3-4 rounds as a potential pick. When NFL Draft 2008 Kevin Smith was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the third round to 64th place.
Professional career
Kevin Smith signed a three -year contract with the Lions. Smith played in the Preseason heavily on what then also made him the starter. This is all the more remarkable because the Lions a few days before the season even the star running back of the Cincinnati Bengals Rudi Johnson, undertook the Smith, replaced except for a few games as a starter. He scored in his first NFL year as a rookie total of 976 yards extra space at 238 trials, for a total average of 4.1 yards per attempt. He scored eight touchdowns.