Emmitt Smith
Career information High school: Pensacola (FL) Escambia College: Florida NFL Draft: 1990 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17 Debuted in 1990 for the Dallas Cowboys Last played in 2004 for the Arizona Cardinals Career history Dallas Cowboys (1990–2002) Arizona Cardinals (2003–2004) Career highlights and awards NCAA Unanimous All-American (1989) First-team All-SEC (1987, 1988, 1989) SEC Most Valuable Player (1989) College Football Hall of Fame Gator Football Ring of Honor University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame NFL 8× Pro Bowl (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999) 4× First-team All-Pro (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) Second-team All-Pro (1991) 4× First-team All-NFC (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) 2× Second-team All-NFC (1991, 1996) 4× NFL rushing leader (1991, 1992, 1993, 1995) 3× Super Bowl champion (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX) Super Bowl MVP (XXVIII) 3× NFC champion (1992, 1993, 1995) NFL 1990s All-Decade Team NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (AP, PFWA, 1990) NFL MVP (NEA, 1992) NFL MVP (AP, PFWA, SN, NEA, MX, 1993) NFL/NFC Offensive Player of the Year (PW, UPI, 1993) Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor Pro Football Hall of Fame (2010) Records NFL record: career rushing yards (18,355) NFL record: career rushing touchdowns (164) NFL record: career 100-yard rushing games (78) Dallas Cowboys all-time leading rusher (17,162) Career NFL statistics Rushing yards 18,355 Rushing TDs 164 Receptions 515 Receiving yards 3,224 TD receptions 11 Points scored 1,052 Stats at NFL.com Pro Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame Emmitt James Smith, III (born May 15, 1969) is an American former college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was a unanimous All-American. A first-round pick in the 1990 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals of the NFL, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest running backs in NFL history. 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 only 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, and is the first player from the 1990 NFL Draft to be inducted. While playing for the Dallas Cowboys, Smith, quarterback Troy Aikman, and wide receiver Michael Irvin were known as "The Triplets," and led their team to three Super Bowl championships during the 1990s.