Sammie Smith

Rushing yards:	1,881
Rushing average:	3.5
Total touchdowns:	16

Sammie Smith
	Smith running track at Florida State in 1988
No. 32, 33
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	May 16, 1967 (age 57); Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	226 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:	Apopka (Apopka, Florida)
College:	Florida State
NFL draft:	1989 / round: 1 / pick: 9
Career history
	Miami Dolphins (1989–1991); Denver Broncos (1992);
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:
Rushing yards:	1,881
Rushing average:	3.5
Total touchdowns:	16
	Player stats at PFR

Sammie Lee Smith (born May 16, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the 1989 NFL draft with the ninth overall pick.^[1]^[2] Smith played in four NFL seasons from 1989 to 1992 for the Dolphins and Denver Broncos.^[3]

Smith has had numerous legal problems since leaving professional football. In 1996, he was convicted of two counts of possession and distribution of cocaine,^[3] and spent seven years in prison as a result.^[2] He won restoration of his civil rights from the State of Florida in June 2010.^[2]

In 2013, he was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame.^[4]^[5]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving
Year	Team	GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1989	MIA	13	12	200	659	3.3	25	6	7	81	11.6	34	0
1990	MIA	16	16	226	831	3.7	33	8	11	134	12.2	53	1
1991	MIA	12	6	83	297	3.6	18	1	14	95	6.8	12	0
1992	DEN	3	1	23	94	4.1	15	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
		44	35	532	1,881	3.5	33	15	32	310	9.7	53	1

Playoffs

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving
Year	Team	GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
1990	MIA	2	2	41	181	4.4	17	0	3	31	10.3	13	0
		2	2	41	181	4.4	17	0	3	31	10.3	13	0

References

^ "1989 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Smith granted rights after sentence". ESPN. June 3, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "SPORTS PEOPLE: FOOTBALL;Smith Pleads Guilty in Drug Case". The New York Times. March 20, 1996. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
^ Smits, Gary (September 11, 2013). "Former FSU star Sammie Smith 'blindsided' by induction into Seminoles Hall of Fame". Jacksonville Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
^ "Sammie Smith".

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[1] "1989 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

[espn-2] "Smith granted rights after sentence". ESPN. June 3, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2010.

[nytimes-3] "SPORTS PEOPLE: FOOTBALL;Smith Pleads Guilty in Drug Case". The New York Times. March 20, 1996. Retrieved November 9, 2010.

[Smits-4] Smits, Gary (September 11, 2013). "Former FSU star Sammie Smith 'blindsided' by induction into Seminoles Hall of Fame". Jacksonville Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

[5] "Sammie Smith".

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