De'Veon Smith
| Michigan Wolverines – No. 4 | |
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| Position | Running back |
| Class | Junior |
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| Born: | November 8, 1994 |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Howland High School |
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De'Veon Le'trell Smith (born November 8, 1994) is an American football running back. He was the leading rusher on both the 2014 (519 rushing yards) and 2015 Michigan Wolverines football teams (753 rushing yards).
Early years
Smith was born in 1994.[1] He is a native of Ohio who attended Howland High School near Warren, Ohio.[1][2][3] He set the career rushing record for Trumbull County, Ohio, with 6,750 rushing yards at Howland High School.[1][4] He was a finalist for Ohio's "Mr. Football" award.[1]
University of Michigan
In March 2012, prior to his senior year in high school, Smith announced that he had committed to play college football for the University of Michigan.[5] As a freshman in 2013, Smith appeared in 12 games and carried the ball 26 times for 117 yards, an average of 4.5 yards per carry.[1]
Prior to the start of the 2014 season, Smith was in competition with Derrick Green to become the Wolverines' starter at running back.[6][7][8][9][10]
In the opening game of the 2014 season, Smith carried the ball eight times for 115 yards, an average of 14.4 yards per carry. He also scored two touchdowns and had a run of 61 yards.[11] Derrick Green also rushed for 170 yards in the game, as Smith and Green became the first pair of Michigan running backs to rush for over 100 yards in the same game since 2007.[12] Smith and the other Michigan backs also set a new Michigan single-game record with 9.7 yards per carry (350 yards on 36 carries).[13]
During the 2015 season, Smith was Michigan's leading rusher with 753 yards and six touchdowns on 180 carries (4.2 yards per carry).[14]
References
- ^ a b c d e "De'Veon Smith". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ^ Mike McLain (September 15, 2012). "The Smith Show: Senior running back leads Tigers to win". Tribune Chronicle.
- ^ Steve Ruman (August 27, 2012). "Howland's Smith could break county mark". Tribune Chronicle.
- ^ "Trumbull County High School Football Player of the Year". WFMJ.com. December 13, 2012.
- ^ Tim Cleveland (March 20, 2012). "Howland's Michigan Man: De'Veon Smith verbalizes college choice". Tribune Chronicle.
- ^ Angelique Chengelis (July 29, 2014). "Michigan RB De'Veon Smith has edge over Derrick Green heading into camp". The Detroit News.
- ^ "Michigan starting running back battle down to Derrick Green, De'Veon Smith". Detroit Free Press. August 20, 2014.
- ^ "Bonded as 'brothers,' Derrick Green, De'Veon Smith pushing each other to help fix Michigan's offense". The Muskegon Chronicle. March 12, 2014.
- ^ "Hoke: De'Veon Smith will enter camp as the No. 1 RB". The Flint Journal. July 30, 2014.
- ^ "De'Veon Smith's toughness draws praise in Michigan's backfield competition". The Michigan Journal. August 14, 2014.
- ^ "Appalachian St 14, Michigan 52". ESPN.com. August 30, 2014.
- ^ Brendan F. Quinn (August 30, 2014). "Michigan's season opener produces two 100-yard rushing performances for first time since 2007". Mlive.com.
- ^ Mark Snyder (August 31, 2014). "Michigan's offensive line keys offensive outburst vs. Appalachian State". Detroit Free Press.
- ^ "2015 Michigan Football: Michigan Overall Team Statistics (as of Jan 01, 2016) All games" (PDF). University of Michigan. Retrieved January 1, 2016.