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Emmitt James Smith III (b. May 15, 1969 in
Pensacola, Florida) is a retired American football
player, one of the most prolific running backs to
ever play professional football.  

In high school, Smith amassed 8804 rushing yards
and scored 106 touchdowns.  He starred at the
University of Florida, where he joined Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternity.  While at UF he set 58 school
records, including the single game rushing record
in his very first start.  He left Florida after
his junior year with 3928 rushing yards and 36
touchdowns.  He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys
in 1990 and subsequently becoming an integral part
of their three Super Bowl championship teams in
four years following the 1992-93 and 1995 seasons.
Smith led the NFL in rushing four times, was the
league's MVP in 1993, was the MVP of Super Bowl
XXVIII, and made eight Pro Bowls.

On February 27, 2003, Smith volunteered to be
released by the Cowboys, rather than put owner
Jerry Jones in the awkward position of cutting him
to fit under the league's salary cap. He signed a
two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals on
March 26.  On February 3, 2005, at a press
conference in Jacksonville, Florida three days
before Super Bowl XXXIX, he announced his
retirement after fifteen seasons in the NFL.

Smith currently holds the NFL record in career
rushing yards with 18,355 and is the only player
in NFL history to rush for over 18,000 yards,
breaking the previous record held by Walter
Payton, on October 27, 2002.  He also holds the
record for consecutive seasons rushing for 1,000
or more yards, with eleven.  He leads all running
backs with 166 career touchdowns, second only to
Jerry Rice for the overall record.  He married his
first wife, Sharonda Taylor, on March 31, 1991,
and his second, Patricia Southall, on April 22,
2000. Their son, Emmitt IV, was born on Smith's
33rd birthday.

In August 2005, Smith signed on to serve as a
studio analyst on the NFL Network show, NFL Total
Access.