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MOtorboat
10-24-2008, 11:27 AM
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Rod Smith to be inducted in D-II HOF
Thursday, October 23, 2008, 9:51 AM
By Bill Pollock

Former Denver Bronco and Missouri Southern State star Rod Smith will be inducted into the NCAA Division II football Hall of Fame in Florence, Alabama. He is the first player from a Missouri school to nab the honor. He and Eric Davis of Jacksonville State (Ala.) University will be honored on December 12th during a ceremony.

This will bring the total number of inductees to 25. The duo were chosen by a 20-member selection committee.

A native of Texarkana, Ark., Smith enjoyed a stellar career at Missouri Southern State University where he set conference records in career receiving yards (3,122) and touchdowns (35). He also still holds school records for catches in a game (13), receiving yards in a game (254), receiving yards in a season (1,439), highest average gain per reception in a season (24.0), touchdown receptions in a season (15) and longest pass reception (98 yards).He finished his career with 158 receptions for 3,122 yards and 34 touchdowns, which is now third all-time. As a senior in 1993, he was named first-team All-American by the AP, Kodak, Football Gazette, and NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors. He finished the year as a Harlon Hill Finalist after posting 63 receptions for 986 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Fan in Exile
10-24-2008, 11:41 AM
Good for him, he totally deserves it.

I still firmly believe that if the HOF voters actually voted for people based on their contribution to the game of football that Rod Smith would be a contender. Just ask yourself this if you had a choice of drafting T.O. or Randy Moss knowing what they did for Minnesota and San Fran or Rod Smith knowing what he did for Denver who would you pick?

As long as they keep rewarding people based only on skill and not on what they actually contribute we're going to keep having people like T.O. and Randy, I think it's high time that they looked at more than that.

Just to be clear I don't think he will get in, and I don't even know if I would vote for him but I think he has to be in the conversation.