Article: National accolades building for U. quarterback Alex Smith

Here's a sampling of what national journalists have recently written about Utah quarterback Alex Smith:

My top three (on my Heisman ballot) goes like this:

Alex Smith, Utah; Matt Leinart, Southern California; Braylon Edwards, Michigan.

Interested in my rationale? Then keep reading.

In a year of standout quarterbacks (Leinart, Oklahoma's Jason White, Auburn's Jason Campbell, Cal's Aaron Rodgers, Louisville's Stefan Lefors), Smith still managed to stand out from the crowd.

And it went beyond his dazzling stats -- a 66.1 completion percentage, a 28-to-4 touchdown-to-interception ratio and a 174.9 passing efficiency, second in the nation behind Lefors.

Smith was the perfect pilot for coach Urban ...

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