Andre Smith

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Andre Smith
College	Alabama
Conference	SEC
Sport	Football
Position	OT
Class	Sophomore
Career	2006 – present
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	348 lb (158 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	January 25, 1987 (age 20) Birmingham, Alabama
High School	Huffman High School, Birmingham, Alabama
Career Highlights
Awards
2005 Bobby Dodd Award

Andre Smith, Jr. (born January 25, 1987 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American football offensive tackle for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He is considered the most dominant offensive lineman in college football since Orlando Pace played at Ohio State in 1994-1996.^[1]

1 Personal
2 High school career
3 College career
- 3.1 Freshman season
4 References

[edit] Personal

Andre Smith is the son of Andre, Sr. and Nesa Smith. He is also a cousin of Dominic Lee, a defensive lineman for the Alabama Crimson Tide.

[edit] High school career

Playing at Huffman High School, Smith was considered by most recruiting analysts as the nation’s top offensive line prospects in the class of 2006 as well as one of the most dominant offensive line prospects in the last decade.^[2] He was selected “Mr. Football” by the Alabama Sports Writers Association in 2005 after registering 88 pancake blocks his senior season. He was the first offensive lineman selected in the association’s 23-year history. Smith was also named the Class 6A Lineman of the Year and was one of four finalists for the 2005 Walter Payton Award, given to the nation’s top prep player. He was also a USA Today All-American and participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He won the Bobby Dodd Award and was a two-time All-State selection.

[edit] College career

[edit] Freshman season

Smith started each of the first 12 games at left tackle as a true freshman during the 2006 football season. Smith led the Crimson Tide with 62 knockdowns. He recorded the most knockdowns in three games with a season-high nine against Duke, eight against Florida International and seven against LSU. He had six games with five or more knockdowns. Smith led all Alabama players with 800 snaps. He was one of only six players with over 700 total snaps. He recorded a season high of 80 at Arkansas in his first career road game. He played at least 65 snaps in nine of the 12 games and had four contests with over 70 snaps. He also had one tackle against Mississippi State.