I love Emmitt Smith! To me he is the greatest Cowboy. Nothing but class on and off the field. He is GREAT. In 2010 he will be eligible for the Hall of Fame! He will go in on the first ballot at the head of his class. Why? I'll tell you why...
Smith is the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, having amassed 16,276 yards during his 14 seasons in the league after surpassing the late Walter Payton. Smith is also a three-time Super Bowl champion (1993, 1994 and 1996) and the only player in NFL history to win the Super Bowl, Super Bowl MVP award and the NFL MVP award in the same season (1993).
Smith also holds the NFL record for career rushing touchdowns (155) and was named to the Pro Bowl eight times. The Cowboys selected Smith in the first round (17th overall) of the 1990 NFL Draft.
On September 19, 2005, Smith was added to the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor along with his former teammates Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin. Smith is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Texas Sports Hall of Fame and Florida Sports Hall of Fame. As mentioned, Smith will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
Emmitt starred collegiately at the University of Florida where he set 58 school records in his three years along with earning All-American honors and including being named the 1989 SEC Player of the Year.
In keeping a promise to his mom, Smith returned to Florida to earn his college degree in 1996.
Three days before Super Bowl XXXIX in February 2005, Smith announced his retirement from the NFL. He was released by the Arizona Cardinals and signed a one day contract for no money with the Dallas Cowboys – after which he immediately retired as a Cowboy, the team he played for from 1990 to 2002.
Check out these stats!
*first player in NFL history to have five consecutive seasons with over 1,400 rushing yards.
*He had seven straight 10-touchdown seasons to start his career (along with Jim Brown, and LaDainian Tomlinson).
*first player in NFL history with 11 consecutive 1,000 yard seasons.
*first running back to post 11 1,000-yard rushing seasons in a career.
*He is the NFL's all-time leader in rushing attempts with 4,409.
*holds the NFL record in career rushing yards with 18,355, breaking the previous record held by Walter Payton.
*He leads all running backs with 164 career rushing touchdowns (his 175 total touchdowns ranks him second only to Jerry Rice's 207 touchdowns).
*The sum of his rushing yards, receiving yards (3,224) and fumble return yards (-15), gave him a total of 21,564 yards from the line of scrimmage, making him one of only four players in NFL history to eclipse the 21,000-combined yards mark.
*has the most post-season rushing touchdowns (19)
*has the most consecutive post-season games with a rushing touchdown (9)
*has the most post-season 100-yard rushing games (7).
*has the most post-season rushing yards (1,586 yards)
*shares the total playoff touchdown mark of 21 with Thurman Thomas.
*won three Super Bowl rings.
*rushed for over 100 yards in two Superbowl games
*received the Super Bowl MVP award for Super Bowl XXVIII, becoming the only Cowboys running back ever to win the award out of all their Super Bowl wins.
*is one of only five NFL players who have amassed over 10,000 career-rushing yards and 400 career receptions.
*He and Jerry Rice are the only two non-kickers to score 1000 points in a career.
WOW!!!
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