Aldon Jacarus Smith is an American football defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers seventh overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. Smith is also a tight end and caught 34 passes for 570 yards and four touchdowns as a tight-end for the Raytown Bluejays high school football team.
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Aldon Jacarus Smith is an American football defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at Missouri, and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers seventh overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. Smith also played for the Oakland Raiders. Smith was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and attended Raytown High School in Raytown, Missouri. He was considered the No. 5 overall prospect in the state of Missouri as well as the no. 27 strongside defensive end in the nation. Smith chose Mizzou over Nebraska, Kansas, and Kansas State, among many others. He is a member of the Missouri Tigers football team under head coach Gary Pinkel while attending the University of Missouri from 2008 to 2010. Smith is also a tight end and caught 34 passes for 570 yards and four touchdowns on offense as a tight-end for the Raytown Bluejays high school football team. He has been compared to DeMarcus Ware by many NFL scouts and was considered a strong edge run defender as 4-3 end or 3-4 linebacker. Smith has been named Defensive Rookie of the Year by Pro Football Writers of America, and finished second to Von Miller for the Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie Of the Year Award. In the 2012 season, Smith recorded 19 5 sacks, 66 tackles, three forced fumbles, a pass deflection, an interception, and a forced f fumble.
He also surpassed Reggie White as the player in league history to record his 30th career sack, doing so in 27 games. In that same game, he tied Fred Dean’s franchise record of 17 sacks in his first two seasons. The 49ers went on to win Super Bowl XLVII against the Baltimore Ravens, and Smith had two combined tackles as the 49ers narrowly lost to the Ravens by a score of 34–31. Smith recorded his first interception off Tom Brady in a 41-34 road victory against the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. He had his first sack against the Philadelphia Eagles on December 16, 2012, and recorded 2. 5 sacks against the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 15, 2012. In a game against the St. Louis Rams the next week, he broke another franchise record by recording 31.5 sacks in one game. In his first game as a 49ers player, Smith sacked quarterback Aaron Rodgers in a 30-22 victory. He finished the season with 37 total tackles, four pass deflections, two forced fumbled, and 14 sacks. After the season, he announced that he would forgo his final two years of eligibility and enter the 2011 draft.
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