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| Smith was expected to be the first quarterback taken in the ] and attended the draft's first round in New York City; however, no team drafted him in the first round. The draft class was considered especially thin at quarterback (and much deeper at other positions, such as offensive and defensive line), and thus only one team drafted a quarterback in round one (the ], who instead drafted ]). Smith had been projected to be taken in the first round, but at the day's completion, he had not been drafted. Despite reports that Smith would not attend the draft the next day, he chose to attend. Smith was drafted in the second round, 39th pick overall, by the New York Jets. Following the 2013 draft, Smith fired his agent |
Smith was expected to be the first quarterback taken in the ] and attended the draft's first round in New York City; however, no team drafted him in the first round. The draft class was considered especially thin at quarterback (and much deeper at other positions, such as offensive and defensive line), and thus only one team drafted a quarterback in round one (the ], who instead drafted ]). Smith had been projected to be taken in the first round, but at the day's completion, he had not been drafted. Despite reports that Smith would not attend the draft the next day, he chose to attend. Smith was drafted in the second round, 39th pick overall, by the New York Jets. Following the 2013 draft, Smith fired his agent. | ||
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American football player | |
| No. 7 – New York Jets | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1990-10-10) October 10, 1990 (age 34) Miami, Florida |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | West Virginia |
| NFL draft: | 2013 / round: 2 / pick: 39 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Unsigned draft pick |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Pro Football Reference  | |
Eugene Cyril "Geno" Smith III (born October 10, 1990) is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for West Virginia University. The New York Jets selected him in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Early years
Smith was born in Miami, Florida and is the son of Geno Smith, Jr. and Tracey Sellers. His great grandfather Cyril Smith was a bodybuilder and boxing referee from the Bahamas and his great-uncle Danny Smith was a record breaking All-American hurdler at Florida State University. Smith's cousin, Melvin Bratton, was a star running back at the University of Miami in the mid-1980s.
Smith was admitted to Norland Middle School's magnet program, which dedicated two hours a day to arts instruction. He would go on to attend Miramar High School where he was coached by former Mountaineer Damon Cogdell. As a junior he passed for 2,200 yards 25 touchdowns and three interceptions and was named Second Team All-State QB. He was also named Second Team All-Broward County as an athlete for 2007. Ma Following his junior year he was invited to the prestigious Elite 11 Quarterback Camp in Aliso Viejo, California.
During Smith's senior season he led his team to the state 6A semi-finals and completed 205 of 338 passes for 3,089 yards and 30 touchdowns while also rushing for over 300 yards. He was an All-State First Team in Florida Class 6A and a Parade All-American. Geno was also the No. 1 rated player in Broward County according to the Miami Herald and South Florida Sun Sentinel and finished No. 2 in the voting for Mr. Florida. He finished his career as the third-best passer in Broward County history, and was named to the ESPN Top 150 prospects list. He chose to attend West Virginia over offers from Florida State, South Florida, Boston College and Alabama.
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40 | Commit date |
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| Eugene Smith QB |
Miramar, Florida | Miramar High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 182 lb (83 kg) | 4.8 | Nov 7, 2008 |
Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 81
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| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 12 (QB) Rivals: 3 (Dual-threat QB) ESPN: 8 (QB) | ||||||
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College career
Smith attended West Virginia University, where he played for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team from 2009 to 2012.
Freshman season
Smith saw some action his freshman year, being the backup behind senior Jarrett Brown. His first snap in a regular season game came against Auburn University; he completed 5 of 8 passes for 50 yards and one interception. He would see action again against Syracuse, Marshall, Louisville, and in the Gator Bowl against Florida State. In his freshman year at West Virginia University, Smith completed 32 of 49 passes for 309 yards, throwing one touchdown and one interception, and rushing for 7 yards on 17 attempts as the backup to starting quarterback Brown. He finished his freshman season with an 81.1 quarterback rating.
Sophomore season
2010 was Smith's first year as the starting quarterback. For the year, he completed 241 of 372 passes for 2763 yards, throwing 24 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and rushing for 217 yards on 106 attempts.
He got his first start in the season opener against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. He completed 20 of 27 passes for 216 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. He led his team to a 31-0 victory over the Chanticleers.
With the Mountaineers down 21-6 against in-state rival, Marshall University, Geno Smith led his team to a 4th quarter comeback victory. Smith led the first drive from the WVU 4 yard line. With help from senior running back Noel Devine, the Mountaineers cut Marshall's lead to 8 points. After the WVU defense stopped Marshall, a punt put the Mountaineers near their own end zone again, starting from the 2 yard line. After completing 9 of 13 passes and scrambling for 20 yards, Smith found tight end Will Johnson in the corner of the endzone for a touchdown. With Marshall still leading 21-19, Bill Stewart elected to go for the two-point conversion. Smith completed a pass to wide receiver Jock Sanders in the back of the end zone for a two-point conversion. The Mountaineers went on to win the game in overtime by a score of 24-21. Smith finished the game completing 32 of 45 passes for 316 yards and one touchdown. He rushed for 13 yards on 14 attempts. After two games, Smith lead the Big East in passing yards and passing efficiency.
In a 31-17 victory over Maryland, Smith completed 19 of 29 pass attempts for 268 passing yards and four touchdowns. Two of his touchdowns were to Tavon Austin, and two were to Stedman Bailey. Smith won his first Big East Offensive Player of the Week for this performance.
In WVU's first meeting ever with LSU, the Mountaineers lost at Tiger Stadium by a score of 20-14. Smith completed 14 of 29 pass attempts for 119 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception. He rushed for 10 yards on five attempts.
Smith threw for 220 yards and ran for 19 yards in West Virginia's 49-10 win over UNLV. It was the most points WVU had scored since playing Connecticut in 2007.
In an overtime loss to Connecticut, Smith was 22 for 34, throwing for 160 yards. He had a season high of 64 rushing yards. This was the first game all season Smith did not throw a touchdown pass. The loss was the first time Connecticut had ever beaten West Virginia.
Smith tied his record for touchdowns in a game in a 37-10 win over Cincinnati, where he was 15 for 25, throwing for 174 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception. The win came after a two game losing streak. It was the first time the Mountaineers beat Cincinnati since 2007. Smith won his second Big East Offensive Player of the Week for this performance.
Junior season
With the arrival of new WVU football head coach Dana Holgorsen and a new passing-based offensive system, Smith saw his passing numbers improve drastically. In the fourth game of the season against the #2 LSU Tigers, Smith set school records for completions (38), attempts (65) and passing yards (463) in the 47-21 loss on September 24.
With 372 passing yards against the Cincinnati Bearcats on November 12, Smith tied a Big East record with his seventh 300-yard game of the season. He tied the record that was set in 2007 by Brian Brohm of the Louisville Cardinals.
Set single-season school records for pass completions (291), attempts (448) and yards (3,741) on November 25 against rival Pitt Panthers. He broke the records that were held by Marc Bulger in 1998.
In West Virginia's 70-33 rout of the Clemson Tigers at the 2012 Orange Bowl Smith tied three individual bowl records: most touchdown passes (six), most touchdowns overall (seven) and total points (42). Smith's 401 yards passing broke Tom Brady's Orange Bowl record of 396 that he set in 2000. Smith, who was also the game's MVP, also became the Big East single season passing leader with 4,379 yards breaking Brian Brohm's record that he set in 2007.
Senior season
With his performance against the Marshall Thundering Herd (32–36, 323 yards, 4 TDs) on opening day, Smith became the school's all-time leader for career completions and touchdown passes, passing Marc Bulger's totals from 1996–1999.
In Smith's game (34–39, 411 yards, 5 TDs) against James Madison (second game of the year), Smith became the all-time leader for career passing yards, passing Bulger's total of 8,191 yards.
Against Baylor in a 70–63 win, he threw for 656 yards and 8 TDs with 45 completions (all three Mountaineer records), and only six incompletions.
In his final regular season game, Smith completed 23–of–24 passes for 407 yards and three touchdowns in West Virginia's 59–10 victory against Kansas. He set the WVU consecutive pass completions record with 21, spanning the first fourth quarters, and broke the Big 12 record of 20 previously held by Missouri's Chase Daniel in 2008. Smith's completion percentage of 95.8 tied the NCAA record (min. 20 attempts) and also set a Conference mark.
Statistics
Regular season and postseason
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Awards and honors
- All-Big East Conference Second Team (2010)
- All-Big East Conference First Team (2011)
- 4× Big East Offensive Player of the Week
- 2011 Orange Bowl Most Valuable Player
- 3× Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
- 2× National Offensive Player of the Week (for week ending September 3, 2012; for week ending September 29, 2012)
Professional career
2013 NFL Draft
Smith was expected to be the first quarterback taken in the 2013 NFL Draft and attended the draft's first round in New York City; however, no team drafted him in the first round. The draft class was considered especially thin at quarterback (and much deeper at other positions, such as offensive and defensive line), and thus only one team drafted a quarterback in round one (the Buffalo Bills, who instead drafted E. J. Manuel). Smith had been projected to be taken in the first round, but at the day's completion, he had not been drafted. Despite reports that Smith would not attend the draft the next day, he chose to attend. Smith was drafted in the second round, 39th pick overall, by the New York Jets. Following the 2013 draft, Smith fired his agent.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||||
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| 6 ft 2+3⁄8 in (1.89 m) |
218 lb (99 kg) |
32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m) |
9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) |
4.59 s | 1.59 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) |
10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) | |||||
| All values from NFL combine. | ||||||||||||
References
- http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21218:bimini-sports-tradition-continues-through-smith&catid=41:sports&Itemid=50%7C.thenassauguardian.com
- ^ http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=3333654%7C Scout.com. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
- http://miamiherald.typepad.com/hssports/2008/07/smith-turning-h.html%7C.miamiherald.typepad.com Retrieved 2013-03-06
- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/football/notebook?page=peprally/081114%7C Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
- "West Virginia at Marshall | Friday September 10, 2010 | NCAAF - Yahoo! Sports". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ "Maryland at West Virginia | Saturday September 18, 2010 | NCAAF - Yahoo! Sports". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- "West Virginia at LSU | Saturday September 25, 2010 | NCAAF - Yahoo! Sports". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- "UNLV at West Virginia | Saturday October 9, 2010 | NCAAF - Yahoo! Sports". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- "West Virginia routs UNLV 49-10 - College Football - Rivals.com". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- "UConn beats West Virginia 16-13 in overtime - College Football - Rivals.com". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- "West Virginia beats Cincinnati 37-10 - College Football - Rivals.com". Rivals.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- "West Virginia routs Clemson in record-setting Orange Bowl". ESPN.com. January 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- "Marshall Thundering Herd vs. West Virginia Mountaineers - Recap - September 01, 2012 - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- 4:30 PM ET, September 15, 2012FEDEX FIELD, LANDOVER, MD (2012-09-15). "James Madison Dukes vs. West Virginia Mountaineers - Recap - September 15, 2012 - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
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- "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles – Geno Smith". nfl.com. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
External links
| New York Jets 2013 NFL draft selections | |
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| West Virginia Mountaineers starting quarterbacks | |
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