Sherman Smith

Sherman Lennell Smith

Position: RB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 225 lbs.
Born: November 1, 1954 in Youngstown, OH
College: Miami (OH)

Career AV: 50 (1382nd overall since 1950)

Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2nd round (58th overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1976	22	SEA	RB	47	12	9	119	537	4	53	4.5	44.8	9.9	36	384	10.7	1	34	3.0	32.0	921	5	8	7
1977	23	SEA	RB	47	14	14	163	763	4	39	4.7	54.5	11.6	30	419	14.0	2	44	2.1	29.9	1182	6	6	14
1978	24	SEA	RB	47	12	12	165	805	6	67	4.9	67.1	13.8	28	366	13.1	1	64	2.3	30.5	1171	7	3	11
1979	25	SEA	RB	47	16	15	194	775	11	31	4.0	48.4	12.1	48	499	10.4	4	35	3.0	31.2	1274	15	1	12
1980	26	SEA		47	3	2	23	94	0	23	4.1	31.3	7.7	6	72	12.0	1	19	2.0	24.0	166	1	0	1
1981	27	SEA	RB	47	16	8	83	253	3	21	3.0	15.8	5.2	44	406	9.2	1	28	2.8	25.4	659	4	3	6
1982	28	SEA	RB	47	9	8	63	202	0	19	3.2	22.4	7.0	19	196	10.3	0	39	2.1	21.8	398	0	1	4
1983	29	SDG		47	13	2	24	91	0	20	3.8	7.0	1.8	6	51	8.5	0	21	0.5	3.9	142	0	2	1
Career					95	70	834	3520	28	67	4.2	37.1	8.8	217	2393	11.0	10	64	2.3	25.2	5913	38	24	56
7 yrs		SEA			82	68	810	3429	28	67	4.2	41.8	9.9	211	2342	11.1	10	64	2.6	28.6	5771	38	22	55
1 yr		SDG			13	2	24	91	0	20	3.8	7.0	1.8	6	51	8.5	0	21	0.5	3.9	142	0	2	1

Kick & Punt Returns

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							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1976	22	SEA	RB	47	12	9						5	78	0	26	15.6	999
1977	23	SEA	RB	47	14	14						3	56	0	21	18.7	1238
1983	29	SDG		47	13	2						2	32	0	21	16.0	174
Career					95	70						10	166	0	26	16.6	6079
7 yrs		SEA			82	68						8	134	0	26	16.8	5905
1 yr		SDG			13	2						2	32	0	21	16.0	174

Passing

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1976	22	SEA	RB	47	12	9	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.0	0.0
1977	23	SEA	RB	47	14	14	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.0	0.0
1979	25	SEA	RB	47	16	15	1	1	100.0	11	11	11.0	11.0	11.0	0.7	112.5	11.0	11.0
1982	28	SEA	RB	47	9	8	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.0	0.0
1983	29	SDG		47	13	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.0	0.0
Career					95	70	1	6	16.7	11	11	1.8	1.8	11.0	0.1	39.6	1.8	1.8
7 yrs		SEA			82	68	1	5	20.0	11	11	2.2	2.2	11.0	0.1	39.6	2.2	2.2
1 yr		SDG			13	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles

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								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1976	22	SEA	RB	47	12	9								8	1	0	0
1977	23	SEA	RB	47	14	14								6	1	0	0
1978	24	SEA	RB	47	12	12								3	1	0	0
1979	25	SEA	RB	47	16	15								1	1	0	0
1980	26	SEA		47	3	2								0	1	0	0
1981	27	SEA	RB	47	16	8								3	2	0	0
1982	28	SEA	RB	47	9	8								1	1	0	0
1983	29	SDG		47	13	2								2	1	0	0
Career					95	70								24	9	0	0
7 yrs		SEA			82	68								22	8	0	0
1 yr		SDG			13	2								2	1	0	0

Scoring Summary

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1976	22	SEA	RB	47	12	9	4	1	5	30
1977	23	SEA	RB	47	14	14	4	2	6	36
1978	24	SEA	RB	47	12	12	6	1	7	42
1979	25	SEA	RB	47	16	15	11	4	15	90
1980	26	SEA		47	3	2		1	1	6
1981	27	SEA	RB	47	16	8	3	1	4	24
Career					95	70	28	10	38	228

Similar Players

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NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Mike Garrett, Rodney Hampton, Lenny Moore, Ricky Williams, Fred Taylor, John Riggins, Mike Thomas, Eddie Price, Franco Harris*, Rick Casares
4	John Brockington, Joe Cribbs, Ottis Anderson, Shaun Alexander, Mike Thomas, Rodney Hampton, Herschel Walker, Terry Metcalf, Calvin Hill, Franco Harris*
5	Jim Taylor, Neal Anderson, Brian Westbrook, Joe Cribbs, Larry Csonka, Jerome Bettis, Delvin Williams, Fred Taylor, Mark van Eeghen, Jamal Lewis
6	Terry Allen, John Brockington, Neal Anderson, Jerome Bettis, Jim Taylor, Eddie Price, Jamal Lewis, Ollie Matson, Marv Hubbard, Joe Cribbs
7	John Brockington, Terry Allen, Mike Pruitt, Joe Cribbs, Mercury Morris, John Riggins*, Marv Hubbard, Jamal Lewis, Chris Warren, Earnest Byner
8	John Brockington, Mike Pruitt, Terry Allen, John David Crow, Joe Cribbs, Rudi Johnson, Marv Hubbard, Mercury Morris, Bill Brown, MacArthur Lane
Career	John Brockington, Joe Cribbs, Rudi Johnson, Marv Hubbard, Edgar Bennett, Mike Thomas, Mercury Morris, Joe Morris, Delvin Williams, Eddie Price

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Rushing TD 1979 NFL 11 (6) Career 28 (190)	Long Rush 1978 NFL 67 (8)	Yds/Rushing Att 1976 NFL 4.5 (10) 1977 NFL 4.7 (5) 1978 NFL 4.9 (4) Career 4.2 (154)	Touchdowns 1979 NFL 15 (3/97)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1979 NFL 15 (3/95)	Yds From Scrimmage 1977 NFL 1182 (10)	Yds/Touch 1976 NFL 6.2 (8) 1977 NFL 6.3 (7)	Fumbles 1976 NFL 8 (8)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

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1979 UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.

Fantasy
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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank

1976 22 12 RB 122 25

1977 23 14 RB 154 41 12 31

1978 24 12 RB 159 12 17 56

1979 25 16 RB 218 72 8 13

1980 26 3 RB 23 117

1981 27 16 RB 90 43

1982 28 9 RB 40 52

1983 29 13 RB 14 110

820 125

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1976	22	12	RB	122		25
1977	23	14	RB	154	41	12	31
1978	24	12	RB	159	12	17	56
1979	25	16	RB	218	72	8	13
1980	26	3	RB	23		117
1981	27	16	RB	90		43
1982	28	9	RB	40		52
1983	29	13	RB	14		110
				820	125

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