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Alphonso Smith

At a game on January 3, 2010
Personal information
Current teamDetroit Lions
Date of birthOctober 20, 1985(age 25)
Place of birthPahokee, Florida
Height5 ft 9 inch (1.7 m)
Weight193 lb (87.5 kg)
Career information
CollegeWake Forest
NFL Draft2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37
Debut2009 for the Denver Broncos
Career history
As player:
*Denver Broncos (2009) *Detroit Lions (2010 � present)
As player:
*Denver Broncos (2009) *Detroit Lions (2010 � present)
Roster statusActive
Career highlights and awards
* First-team All-American (2008) * Second-team All-American (2007) * 2x First-team All-ACC (2007, 2008) * First-team Freshman All-ACC (2005)
NFL stat - 6 Week, 2010
Tackles35
Sacks0.0
INTs3
Forced Fumbles0

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Alphonso Smith, Jr. (born October 20, 1985 in Pahokee, Florida) is a professional football cornerback for the Detroit Lions. Smith played college football at Wake Forest. Smith was selected by the Denver Broncos during the 2009 NFL draft with the 5th pick of the 2nd round (37th overall).

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Q&A: Squandering draft picks not the way to move forward - Denver Post Tweet this news
Denver Post---...- in Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall � likely the two most high-profile NFL moves he has made � and he also has traded Peyton Hillis and -Alphonso Smith-. ... - Date : Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:06:29 GMT+00:00
McNabb benched in Skins' loss - Philadelphia Inquirer Tweet this news
Philadelphia Inquirer--The Lions (2-5) were trailing late in the game when -Alphonso Smith- stepped in front of McNabb's pass at the Redskins' 26 to set up the go-ahead touchdown. ... - Date : Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:08:24 GMT+00:00
Coach Kubiak And The Texans Working Out Former Cardinals RB Alphonso Smith - Football News Now Tweet this news
Football News Now--The Houston Texans are bringing in former Arizona Cardinals running back -Alphonso Smith- today, according to a league source with knowledge ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:13:56 GMT+00:00
Lions defensive backs Chris Houston, Alphonso Smith make a few plays - Detroit Free Press Tweet this news
Detroit Free Press--Part of that credit goes to -Alphonso Smith-, a backup cornerback who replaced starter Jonathan Wade. Smith also had an interception. ... - Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:29:57 GMT+00:00
Lions' Jonathan Wade ready for new job as nickel CB - Detroit Free Press Tweet this news
Detroit Free Press--Jonathan Wade lost his starting job to -Alphonso Smith- three weeks ago, but Wade might have found a new home at nickel cornerback. ... - Date : Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:13:32 GMT+00:00
Jonathan Wade: Jonathan Wade benched for Alphonso Smith - Rotoworld.com Tweet this news
Rotoworld.com--Lions CB Jonathan Wade was benched in favor of -Alphonso Smith- in the team's Week 4 loss to Green Bay. Smith came up with a big second-half interception, ... - Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:53:18 GMT+00:00
Who knew? Lions better than North foes at gathering high picks - The Detroit News Tweet this news
The Detroit News---...- 2006), and second- round cornerback -Alphonso Smith- (Denver, 2009). Through their own draft, the Lions have added young talent � Stafford, Pettigrew, ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:31:43 GMT+00:00
Detroit Lions practice without 19 players - MLive.com Tweet this news
MLive.com---...- Corey Williams, Turk McBride and Andre Fluellen, linebacker Zack Follett and defensive backs -Alphonso Smith-, Nathan Vasher and Louis Delmas.--- - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:18:34 GMT+00:00
Detroit Lions Analysis: How Much Of a Difference Has Alphonso Smith Made? - Bleacher Report Tweet this news
Bleacher Report--The key to the secondary's resurgent play has been the addition of -Alphonso Smith-. Smith, obtained in a cut day deal with Denver for 4 th string tight end ... - Date : Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:35:10 GMT+00:00
Detroit Lions film breakdown: Anticipation leads to Alphonso Smith INT - The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com Tweet this news
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com--On the interception by -Alphonso Smith-, which was returned 42 yards for a touchdown to close out the scoring, it appears the Lions are playing three-deep, ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:13:18 GMT+00:00

Pre-draft :
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20 ss 3-cone Vert Broad JumpBroad BP Wonderlic
5-9 * 193 * 4.47 * 1.50 * 2.60 * 4.38 * 7.09 * 34" * 10'05" * 13 * 22 *
* represents NFL Combine

2008 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

OffenseQB Sam Bradford * RB Shonn Greene * RB Javon Ringer * WR Michael Crabtree * WR Dez Bryant * TE Chase Coffman
OT Andre Smith * OT Michael Oher * G Duke Robinson * G Brandon Carter * C Antoine Caldwell
DefenseDE Brian Orakpo * DE Jerry Hughes * DE Aaron Maybin * DT Terrence Cody
LB Rey Maualuga * LB Brandon Spikes * LB James Laurinaitis
CB Malcolm Jenkins * CB Alphonso Smith * S Eric Berry * S Taylor Mays
Special TeamsP Kevin Huber * PK Louie Sakoda * KR/ST Brandon James & Jeremy Maclin

Denver Broncos 2009 NFL Draft selections

Knowshon Moreno * Robert Ayers * Alphonso Smith * Darcel McBath * Richard Quinn * David Bruton * Seth Olsen * Kenny McKinley * Tom Brandstater * Blake Schlueter

Detroit Lions current roster

Active roster2 Nick Harris * 4 Jason Hanson * 5 Drew Stanton * 9 Matthew Stafford * 11 Marko Mitchell * 12 Derrick Williams * 13 Nate Burleson * 14 Shaun Hill * 16 Contrevious Parks * 17 Michael Moore * 18 Eric Fowler * 21 Aaron Brown * 23 Chris Houston * 25 Marvin White * 26 Louis Delmas * 27 Daniel Bullocks * 28 Maurice Morris * 29 Eric King * 30 Ko Simpson * 31 Jack Williams * 32 Jonathan Hefney * 33 Jahi Word-Daniels * 34 Kevin Smith * 35 Matt Clapp * 36 Marquand Manuel * 38 DeDe Dorsey * 39 C.C. Brown * 40 Aaron Berry * 41 Jonathan Wade * 42 Amari Spievey * 44 Jahvid Best * 45 Jerome Felton * 46 Richard Dickson * 47 Jake Nordin * 48 Don Muhlbach * 49 Zack Follett * 51 Dominic Raiola * 52 Vinny Ciurciu * 53 Caleb Campbell * 54 DeAndre Levy * 55 Landon Johnson * 57 Jordon Dizon * 58 Ashlee Palmer * 59 Julian Peterson * 60 Joe Cohen * 61 Robert Calloway * 62 Chima Ihekwoaba * 63 Manny Ramirez * 64 Dan Gerberry * 65 Dylan Gandy * 66 Stephen Peterman * 67 Rob Sims * 68 Jon Jansen * 69 Sam Scroggins * 70 Jason Fox * 71 Kirk Barton * 72 Trevor Canfield * 74 Roy Schuening * 75 Turk McBride * 76 Jeff Backus * 77 Gosder Cherilus * 78 Corey Hilliard * 79 Willie Young * 80 Bryant Johnson * 81 Calvin Johnson * 82 Dan Gronkowski * 83 Tim Toone * 84 Brandon Pettigrew * 85 Tony Scheffler * 86 Dennis Northcutt * 87 Brian Clark * 89 Will Heller * 90 Ndamukong Suh * 91 Sammie Hill * 92 Cliff Avril * 93 Kyle Vanden Bosch * 94 Copeland Bryan * 95 Jared DeVries * 96 Andre Fluellen * 97 Jason Hunter * 98 Landon Cohen * 99 Corey Williams * -- Dré Bly * -- John Madsen * -- Leger Douzable * -- Dante Wesley
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