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Article: National accolades building for U. quarterback Alex Smith
- Article from:
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- December 15, 2004
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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 ...