Player Profile: Emmitt Smith (personal)
From the Cowboys*96 Media Guide
(July, 1996)
PERSONAL: Emmitt J. Smith, III was a consensus All-America
running back and prep Player of the Year by Parade Magazine and
USA Today as a senior at Escambia, FL, High School.
He posted the third highest career rushing and scoring totals
in national high school history with 8,804 yards and 106 touchdowns.
He also averaged 7.8 yards-per-carry, ran for over 100 yards
45 times and recorded only six fumbles. In 1986, he represented
the nation's prep football players at the White House as part
of the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign.
In 1992, he started the Emmitt Smith Charity Golf Tournament,
played each March in Pensacola, FL, with the money going to help
numerous groups in the Pensacola area. He was a Miller Lite NFL
Player of the Year finalist in 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1995 and
the 1993 winner, donating all money received through the awards
to the Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation.
Smith also works with the Salvation Army, Americal Lung Association,
the Battered and Abused Children's Foundation and B.A.D. (Boxers
Against Drugs). He also makes speaking engagements at schools
in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and in Pensacola.
In May 1994, a celebrity 25th birthday party was held for Emmitt
with proceeds from a fundraising auction given to the "I
Have a Dream" Foundation. Emmitt has three brothers-Erik,
Emory and Emil-and two sisters-Marsha and Connie.
Erik is a senior at Florida State, Emory is a senior on the Clemson
football team-winning MVP honors in the Tigers 1993 Peach Bowl
win over Kentucky-and Emil graduated form Escambia High School
in May, 1996.
Emmitt's mother, Mary, father, Emmitt, and sister, Marsha, head
up Emmitt Inc., a marketing and promotions company that handles
Smith's merchandising efforts.
Emmitt also started Emmitt Smith Communication in 1995, a cellur
phone and pager company in Dallas. Emmitt received his degree
in public recreation from the University of Florida in May, 1996
Emmitt's Seasons: 1995 ... 1994 ... 1993
... 1992 ... 1991
... 1990
Emmitt in College & Game Starts
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