Kevin Smith in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: K. Doebler, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, UCF, 2004–⁠07

Kevin Smith

Hometown
Miami, FL
Born
Dec 17, 1986, in Miami, Florida

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Kevin Smith played running back at UCF (2004–⁠07). He finished eighth in the 2007 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2007. The Detroit Lions took Smith in round 3, No. 64 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2,567
Rushing yards, 2007 (UCF, 10–⁠4)
Best game
320 yards
At UAB, week 11, 2007: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in points, 2007
Drafted
No. 64
Round 3, 2008 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

Career highs

320rushing yards, best game on fileat UAB, 20074rushing touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last vs. Tulsa, 2007

Honors

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2007

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2005UCF2491,1784.7978
2006UCF2069344.5734
2007UCF4502,5675.72987
On file (2005–⁠07)9054,6795.24587

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2005UCF8445.5012
2006UCF231586.9026
2007UCF2424210.1142
On file (2005–⁠07)554448.1142

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2007 UCF 14 games, 2,567 rushing yards, 29 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1atNC StateW 25–⁠2335217280211
Sep 15vs.TexasL 32–⁠3527149236124
Sep 22vs.MemphisW 56–⁠2022124329––
Sep 29vs.LouisianaW 37–⁠1933223356122
Oct 6atEast CarolinaL 38–⁠5229147136420
Oct 13atSouth FloridaL 12–⁠641855013345
Oct 20vs.TulsaW 44–⁠2333170344115
Oct 28atSouthern MissW 34–⁠174317522519
Nov 3vs.MarshallW 47–⁠1329188287448
Nov 10atUABW 45–⁠314132044116
Nov 17atSMUW 49–⁠2020177280––
Nov 24vs.UTEPW 36–⁠2046219138330
Dec 1vs.TulsaW 44–⁠2539284474––
Dec 29 ✦vs.Mississippi StateL 3–⁠1035119015312
2006 UCF 9 games, 934 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2vs.VillanovaW 35–⁠162086112329
Sep 9atFloridaL 0–⁠429220121−2
Sep 26vs.Southern MissL 14–⁠193012911228
Oct 4atMarshallW 23–⁠22261660342−3
Oct 13vs.PittsburghL 7–⁠522070110322
Oct 21vs.RiceL 29–⁠4024155028217
Oct 28atHoustonL 31–⁠5131163316436
Nov 4vs.East CarolinaL 10–⁠23185018332
Nov 11atMemphisW 26–⁠24289309319
2005 UCF 13 games, 1,178 rushing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1atSouth CarolinaL 15–⁠241347016––
Sep 17atSouth FloridaL 14–⁠312001214
Sep 24vs.MarshallW 23–⁠131860119––
Oct 1atLouisianaW 24–⁠2125110016––
Oct 8vs.MemphisW 38–⁠1731164119––
Oct 15atSouthern MissL 31–⁠521566022425
Oct 21vs.TulaneW 34–⁠2418113144––
Oct 29atEast CarolinaW 30–⁠202291030––
Nov 5vs.HoustonW 31–⁠292892114––
Nov 12atUABW 27–⁠211767118––
Nov 19atRiceW 31–⁠281658013––
Dec 3vs.TulsaL 27–⁠441510813413
Dec 24 ✦vs.NevadaL 48–⁠492920237812

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height6′1⅛″
Weight217 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.58 s
10-yard split1.56 s
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill6.74 s
20-yard shuttle4.49 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 51 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2008Detroit Lions16239975839286
2009Detroit Lions13217747440409
2010Detroit Lions633125011123
2011Detroit Lions774364524202
2012Detroit Lions93713411079
NFL career516002,345181241,099

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2014CFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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