Vitamin Smith
Verda Thomas Smith Jr.
Born: October 30, 1923
Sweetwater, TX USA
Deceased: February 14, 2000
Lake Dallas, TX
Position: HB
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 179
College: Abilene Christian
High School: Ventura (CA); Sweetwater (TX)
Career: 1949-1953
Vitamin Smith played from 1949 to 1953 during his career with the Los Angeles Rams. Smith ran for 669 yards in his career on 208 attempts, scoring 7 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 59 passes for 1,025 yards and 12 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 112.5 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 95.8 |
Totals | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 61 | 15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 40 | 117 | 2.9 | 26 | 2 |
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 51 | 250 | 4.9 | 25 | 1 |
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 52 | 143 | 2.8 | 31 | 1 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 57 | 133 | 2.3 | 20 | 3 |
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 8 | 26 | 3.2 | 21 | 0 |
Totals | 208 | 669 | 3.2 | 31 | 7 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 24 | 1 |
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 279 | 17.4 | 67 | 4 |
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 278 | 17.4 | 67 | 1 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 254 | 15.9 | 56 | 3 |
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 151 | 25.2 | 54 | 3 |
Totals | 59 | 1025 | 17.4 | 67 | 12 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 27 | 427 | 15.8 | 85 | 1 |
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 22 | 218 | 9.9 | 30 | 0 |
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 139 | 11.6 | 37 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 21 | 0 |
Totals | 75 | 814 | 10.9 | 85 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 235 | 18.1 | 31 | 0 |
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 22 | 742 | 33.7 | 97 | 3 |
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 15 | 274 | 18.3 | 36 | 0 |
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 55 | 0 |
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
Totals | 57 | 1453 | 25.5 | 97 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
1953 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Totals | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1949 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 4 |
1950 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1951 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1952 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 0 |
1953 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 0 |