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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Re: He has played 55 games with two starts in five seasons.
Smith, 28, has 131 touches for 636 yards and six touchdowns in his career.
Just sayin': So far he's doing pretty well for an Ohio State "back up" running back. The average NFL career for a running back is around 3 years. Basically he's making the NFL minimum and bouncing around quite a bit, but still he has $2.5M career earnings over those 5 years.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/rod-smith-17305/cash-earnings/
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
The Panthers become the fifth NFL team Smith has played for in his seven-year career. Going undrafted out of college, Smith played for both the Dallas Cowboys and the Seattle Seahawks during his rookie season, but didn't find a consistent role on a team until his third season in the league with the Cowboys.
Between the 2017 and 2018 seasons, Smith had 99 carries for 359 yards and six touchdowns while also catching 28 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown.
Smith most recently played with the Las Vegas Raiders before he was cut ahead of the 2020 season, where he played only on special teams. He has not carried the ball in a regular-season NFL game since he was with the Dallas Cowboys in 2018.
Just sayin': So far he's been in the NFL for 5 seasons and made $2,530,346: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-york-giants/rod-smith-17305/cash-earnings/
Not bad for a guy that didn't even start at Ohio State (i.e. only had 107 carries and 8 receptions over 4 years*) and considering the average NFL career for a RB is less than 3 years.
* https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/rod-smith-5.html
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