Draft Scout Snapshot:DS Rating on 1/12/09: #3 Junior CB, #16/750 Overall, Projected Rnd: 1-2 in 2010 2008: Played in thirteen games, starting twelve contests at left cornerback (Utah started four safeties vs. Air Force)…Made 46 tackles (23 solos), ranking seventh on the team…Added a 10-yard sack, two stops for losses of 12 yards and a forced fumble…Deflected nine passes and intercepted five others for 151 yards in returns (30.2 avg), including one touchdown…Had 65 passes targeted into his area, as the opposition caught 26 of those throws (40.0%) for 273 yards (10.5 yards per pass completion/4.2 yards per pass attempt), two touchdowns and twelve first downs… Registered ten third-down stops and two more on fourth-down vs. the pass…His main pass coverage assignments totaled 163 yards and two scores on eleven receptions...Smith started 22-of-39 games at Utah; one at nickel back and 21 at left cornerback…He recorded 80 tackles (43 solos) with a 10-yard sack and three stops for losses of 18 yards…Caused one fumble and deflected sixteen passes…Had nine interceptions for 151 yards in returns, including one touchdown…His 151 return yards rank eleventh on the school career-record list, but were good for fifth on the Utes' season-record chart behind Norm Thompson (259 in 1969); Erroll Tucker (215 in 1985); Harold Lusk (184 in 1994) and Gary Barker (183 in 1967)…His four pass deflections vs. New Mexico in 2007 tied the school game-record he shares with Erroll Tucker (vs. Air Force, 1984), Clarence Fields (vs. Boise State, 1987), Kareem Leary (vs. Colorado State, 1994), Clarence Lawson (vs. SMU, 1996), Eric Weddle (vs. New Mexico, 2005) and Brice McCain (vs. New Mexico, 2007)...2007: Played in all 13 games, starting 10 ... nine of his starts were at corner and one came at nickel back ... four interceptions led Utah and tied the third-best individual total in the MWC ... seven pass breakups was the second most by a Ute ... 32 total tackles ... one tackle for loss ... 2006: Played in all 13 games ... played receiver in the first 11 games and then moved to cornerback for the last two.
Post-Draft Outlook: A closer look at the Dolphins' picks: Round 2/61 -- Sean Smith, CB, 6-3, 214, Utah...This regime loves strong, tall, physical corners and Smith fits the bill in another effort to bolster Miami's 25th-ranked pass defense. - by The Sports Xchange
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01/14/10 - RCB Sean Smith failed to display the playmaking skills he did in Utah, finishing with no picks. He also hit the rookie wall far too soon.
12/29/09 - CB Sean Smith did a great job on Houston WR Andre Johnson in the second half, but he was embarrassed after missing an open-field tackle on WR Jacoby Jones, who completed a 44-yard TD catch-and-run.
12/16/09 - CB Sean Smith, a second-round pick out of Utah, is one start away from tying the franchise record for most starts in a single season by a rookie cornerback. Curtis Johnson started all 14 games in 1970, Don Shula's first year, and Travis Daniels made 14 starts in 2005 for his former LSU coach Nick Saban.
10/22/09 - CB Sean Smith has vowed to knock down a few balls Sunday, especially while he's guarding New Orleans WR Marques Colston, who is 6-foot-4, 225 pounds. Because of Smith's 6-3 frame, he will no doubt draw Colston for much of the afternoon.
09/24/09 - CB Sean Smith held Colts Pro Bowl WR Reggie Wayne to one of this three catches for 37 yards Sunday and nearly caused an intereception that Gibril Wilson dropped before halftime that would've saved the Dolphins three points.
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