Glad 57th birthday to eight-time Professional Bowler, three-time Tremendous Bowl champion, Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame Class of 2010 inductee and the NFL’s all-time main rusher, Emmitt Smith!
Smith was chosen by the Dallas Cowboys with the Seventeenth-overall choose of the 1990 NFL Draft out of Florida and he was an instant-impact participant. He rushed for 937 yards and 11 touchdowns as a rookie en path to Offensive Rookie of the 12 months honors earlier than main your entire league in dashing yards in 4 of the subsequent 5 seasons.
A beneficiary of taking part in with some of the dominant groups in NFL historical past, Smith was an vital a part of the Cowboys three Tremendous Bowl titles in 4 seasons from 1992-95. He received his lone MVP award in 1993, dashing for 1,486 yards with an NFL-high 5.3 yards-per-carry and 9 touchdowns.
Smith performed 13 of his 15 seasons in Dallas, spending two twilight seasons in Arizona with the Cardinals earlier than retiring after the 2004 season. He nonetheless owns all-time NFL information in dashing yards (18,355), touchdowns (164), carries (4,409) and first downs (1,028).
Which brings us to right this moment’s quiz. There are 32 gamers who’ve rushed for at the least 10,000 yards in NFL historical past. What number of of these gamers are you able to identify in 5 minutes?
Good luck!
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