2015 ALL STAR BANQUET SPEAKER

ALDON SMITH San Francisco Forty-Niner

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ldon Jacarus Smith (born Sep- Smith played for the Missouri After being used only as a situ- Atember 25, 1989) is an outside Tigers football team while attending the ational pass rusher throughout his linebacker for the San Francisco from 2008 to rookie season, Aldon Smith became 49ers of the 2010. After being redshirted as a fresh- a full-time starter in 2012. In Week (NFL). He played for man in 2008, he started 11 of 13 games 11 he set a Monday Night Football the University of Missouri. He was at defensive end in 2009. He finished record by recording 5.5 sacks against chosen by the 49ers with the seventh the season with 60 tackles and 11 sacks. the Chicago Bears. overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. He was named the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year and a first team The next week, in a game against Smith was born in Greenwood, freshman All-American. As a sopho- the New Orleans Saints, he surpassed Mississippi. He attended Raytown more in 2010 he played in nine games, as the fastest player in High School in Raytown, Missouri, recording 48 tackles and six sacks. league history to record his 30th ca- where he played for the Raytown reer sack, doing so in 27 games. Bluejays high school football team. . After the season Smith announced As a senior he recorded 60 tackles, that he would forgo his final two years The next week, against the St. 21 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, while of eligibility and enter the 2011 NFL Louis Rams, Smith broke another of adding 7 forced , 1 blocked Draft. White's records by recording 31.5 punt and 1 safety on defense, whilst sacks in his first two seasons. In that on offense he caught 34 passes for Playing as a defensive end at Mis- same game, he tied 's fran- 570 yards and 4 touchdowns as a souri, Smith was considered a "DE/ chise record of 17.5 sacks in one sea- tight end. OLB prospect" by most NFL scouts son. and was considered a strong edge run Considered only a three-star defender as 4-3 end or 3-4 linebacker. On the NFL Networks Top 100 recruit by Rivals.com, Smith was [6] Many scouts had compared him to players of 2013 the players voted considered the No. 5 overall prospect DeMarcus Ware. Prior to the 2011 NFL him the seventh best player in the (any position) in the state of Mis- Draft he was projected to selected in league entering the 2013 season, souri, as well as the No. 27 strongside the mid-late first round by mock draft which made him the second highest defensive end in the nation. Smith analysis. On Draft day, the San Fran- ever debutant and second highest de- chose Mizzou over Nebraska, Kan- cisco 49ers decided to draft Smith with fensive player on the list, both behind sas and Kansas State, among many the 7th overall pick. J. J. Watt. He was also voted the San others. Francisco 49ers MVP in 2012.

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