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Emmitt Smith III

Escambia Senior High School
Pensacola, FL

Class Of 1987
RB

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Emmitt Smith III

5'9", 190 lbs.
Class of 1987
RB

BIO

One of the best to grace the gridiron on any level, Emmitt Smith has established and cemented his legacy.

Parade and USA Today High School Player of the Year

Led Escambia to back-to-back State Championship in his sophomore and junior seasons 1984, 1985
8804 career yards at Escambia
45 100 yard games

NFL all-time leading rusher
Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

HIGH SCHOOL

Escambia Senior High School

Gators

Pensacola, FL

AREA IN FLORIDA

Panhandle Area

Panhandle AREA

Escambia COUNTY

Pensacola, FL

Current Weather: 78°F

LEGACY

PLAYER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

2x STATE CHAMPION

Junior

1985 CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONS

Escambia Head Coach Dwight Thomas led his Gators to a 27-7 State Championship Win over Southeast at the Southeast HS in Bradenton, FL

Sophomore

1984 CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONS

Escambia Head Coach Dwight Thomas led his Gators to a 47-14 State Championship Win over St. Petersburg at the Escambia HS in Pensacola, FL

PLAYER HONORS

2006 College Football Hall of Fame

2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame

STATS

PRO FOOTBALL

1990 NFL DRAFT

Dallas Cowboys

FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK

17th Overall Draft Pick

Drafted out of University of Florida

With the 17th pick of the 1st Round in the 1990 NFL DRAFT, the Dallas Cowboys select RB Emmitt Smith III out of University of Florida

COLLEGE CHOICES

Feb 1987

SIGNED LOI WITH

University of Florida Gators

(Gainesville, FL)

Class of 1987 Signing Class

PREPS

Top High Schools in Florida: Mainland Buccaneers, Miami Northwestern Bulls, Seminole Seminoles, Apopka Blue Darters, Central Rockets, Lakeland Dreadnaughts, St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders, The Bolles School Bulldogs, Chaminade-Madonna Lions