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• Kraft in waiting game for Cadbury

  Interactive Investor International - Found 8 hours ago ... the Kraft offer being formalised or from the standalone value if the approach is unsuccessful,' said analyst Alex Smith at Nomura, who sees a... Cadbury to slam Krafts cheap hostile bid - Times Online Glance-CORRECTED-PRESS DIGEST - British business press - Nov 7 - Interactive Investor International Cadbury has support to turn down hostile bid - Times Online Kraft in waiting game as Cadbury deadline nears - Exec Digital US Explore All

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• NFL Notebook: Colts lose 2 key defensive backs

  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found 12 hours ago ... linebacker Clint Session was fined $5,000 for roughing the passer because he struck 49ers quarterback Alex Smith Sunday in the knee area. Colts Put CB Jackson, S Sanders on IR - ABC News Indianapolis Colts safety Bob Sanders has torn biceps tendon, out ... - ESPN.com Colts Put CB Jackson, S Sanders on IR - International Herald Tribune Colts DBs Sanders, Jackson out for season - CBSSports Explore All

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• NFL: Broncos bring Law into fold

  Philadelphia Daily News - Found 18 hours ago Indianapolis linebacker Clint Session was fined $5,000 for roughing the passer, having struck 49ers quarterback Alex Smith in the knee area. NFL: Broncos bring Law into fold - Philadelphia Inquirer NFL: Broncos bring Law into fold - Philly.com Explore All

• Kraft in waiting game as Cadbury deadline nears

  Reuters - Found Nov. 6, 2009 ... the Kraft offer being formalized or from the standalone value if the approach is unsuccessful," said analyst Alex Smith at Nomura, who sees a... Cadbury has support to turn down hostile bid - Times Online Clock running out on Kraft's Cadbury bid - MarketWatch Banks Financing Kraft Bid For Cadbury May Grow To 18 - Source - Morningstar.com PREVIEW-UPDATE 1-Kraft in waiting game as Cadbury deadline nears - Interactive Investor International Explore All

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• Time to Bench Ronnie Brown vs. Pats?

  International Herald Tribune - Found Nov. 6, 2009 ... of back-to-back flops against the Titans and the Chiefs?--The 49ers' once-certain first-round bust Alex Smith is looking more quarterbacky all... Time to Bench Ronnie Brown vs. Pats? - New York Times Time to bench Ronnie Brown vs. Pats? - Seattle Times FANTASY FOOTBALL: Brown and wildcat looking a bit shaky against ... - South Florida Sun-Sentinel Brown and wildcat looking a bit shaky against Patriots' brutal run ... - Sympatico Explore All

  The Detroit Free Press

• Ross Tucker: Week 9 Viewer's Guide; mail

  SI.com - Found Nov. 6, 2009 The 49ers' switch to Alex Smith seems a desperation move by a first-year coach. Ross Tucker: Week 9 Viewer's Guide; mail - SI.com Game Preview: Texans vs Colts - Scout.com NFL Capsules: Houston at Indianapolis - Denver Post Red-hot battle in the South - Sky Sports Explore All

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• Packers' Jolly, Harris, Raji fined $5,000 each

  ESPN.com - Found Nov. 6, 2009 Indianapolis Colts linebacker Clint Session was fined $5,000 for roughing the passer because he struck QB Alex Smith in the knee area. Green Bay Packers Johnny Jolly, Al Harris, B.J. Raji fined $5,000 ... - ESPN.com Green Bay's Jolly, Harris, Raji fined $5,000 each by NFL - TSN 3 Packers fined $5,000 each by league - TwinCities.com Packers trio fined - Globe and Mail Explore All

• N.F.L. Roundup: Colts Lose Two Veterans on a Sturdy Defense

  New York Times - Found Nov. 6, 2009 ... linebacker Clint Session was fined $5,000 for a low hit on the San Francisco 49ers? Alex Smith.PACKERS? DRIVER IS PROBABLE Green Bay... N.F.L. Roundup: Colts Lose Two Veterans From a Sturdy Defense - International Herald Tribune Explore All

• Kiedaisch goal lifts Rancocas Valley over Cherokee

  Philadelphia Daily News - Found Nov. 5, 2009 3 seed Allentown, 4-2. Girls' Soccer Alex Smith keyed Pennsville's attack and Jill Clark had another standout performance in the nets, as the... Wed. N.J. roundup: Rancocas Valley wins hockey playoff game over ... - Philadelphia Daily News Kiedaisch goal lifts Rancocas Valley over Cherokee - Philadelphia Inquirer Wed. N.J. roundup: Rancocas Valley wins hockey playoff game over ... - Philadelphia Inquirer Kiedaisch goal lifts Rancocas Valley over Cherokee - Philly.com Explore All

• Reali-ty of Fantasy | Don't believe the Moats hype

  Philadelphia Inquirer - Found Nov. 5, 2009 Fearless stupid prediction Alex Smith for top 5 points this week vs. the Titans' D. It will take some oversized artichokes to start him over... Fantasy football: Don’t believe the Moats hype - Philadelphia Daily News Fantasy football: Don’t believe the Moats hype - Philly.com Explore All

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Alex Smith

No. 11     San Francisco 49ers
Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: May 7, 1984 (1984-05-07) (age 25)
Place of birth: Bremerton, Washington
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Weight: 212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
College: Utah
NFL Draft: 2005 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Debuted in 2005 for the San Francisco 49ers
Career history
As player: San Francisco 49ers (2005-present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Mountain West P.O.Y. (2004) Fiesta Bowl Offensive Co-MVP (2005)
Career NFL statistics as of 2009
TD-INT	23-33
Passing yards	4,885
QB Rating	65.5
Stats at NFL.com

Alexander Douglas "Alex" Smith (born May 7, 1984 in Bremerton, Washington) is an American football quarterback for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. He was drafted first overall by the 49ers in the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Utah.

Contents 1 Early years 2 College career 3 NFL career 3.1 2005 season 3.2 2006 season 3.3 2007 season 3.4 2008 season 3.5 2009 season 4 Career statistics 4.1 College 4.2 Professional 5 References 6 External links

Early years

Smith is from Bonita, California. He has one brother and two sisters. His father, Douglas D. Smith, is the principal at the high school Alex attended, Helix High School. His uncle is John L. Smith, former head coach for the Michigan State University Spartans’ football team. His second cousin is Seattle Mariners first baseman Chris Shelton.

He played football at Helix High School. As a starter during his Junior and Senior years, Smith led his team to a record of 25-1, including two San Diego CIF section championships. He was named to the first-team all-conference and all-county squads in the San Diego CIF system. Smith also earned the conference offensive player of the year twice, and twice won the team MVP for Helix. During his time at Helix, Smith set a school record by throwing for six touchdowns in one game, and recorded the second-highest completion percentage in San Diego CIF history. While at Helix, he played with 2005 Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush, who was also a finalist for the 2004 award, making it the first time a high school had two finalists at the ceremony.

Smith was president of his senior class in high school, and was also an excellent student who graduated with a 4.4 GPA one semester early by earning college credits through a program with San Diego State University. He pulled a similar feat in college where he earned enough credits to earn his bachelor's degree in Economics in just two years.¹

In 2006, Smith started the Alex Smith Foundation which assists former foster youth in attaining higher education. The program is currently reaching out to students in the San Diego, CA area.

College career

He played for the Utah Utes and wore number 11. He finished 4th in the voting for the 2004 Heisman Trophy, and was selected as the 2004 Mountain West Conference Player of the Year. He had a 21–1 record as a starter in college. He lead Utah to victories in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl and the 2003 Liberty Bowl. Smith graduated from the University of Utah with an economics degree in just three years with a 3.71 GPA.²

NFL career

At the NFL combine, Smith recorded a 4.7 time in the 40-yard dash, benched 335 pounds and had a 31-inch vertical leap.³ He also earned a score of 40 out of 50 on the Wonderlic exam.⁴

Smith was the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, selected by the San Francisco 49ers. In July 2005, Smith agreed to a six-year, $49.5 million contract with the 49ers; the contract includes $24 million in guaranteed money.

2005 season

Dealing with an injury and being taken in and out of the lineup by then-head coach Mike Nolan, Smith played in nine games in his rookie season, recording just one touchdown pass while throwing 11 interceptions.

2006 season

After the challenges faced by his rookie campaign, Smith went into the 2006 season with a new offensive coordinator (Norv Turner) and an improved set of offensive weapons around him. The 49ers used their top draft choice on Vernon Davis, a playmaking tight end from Maryland. They also upgraded their offensive backfield, trading underachieving running back Kevan Barlow to the Jets, making Frank Gore the feature back.

Smith also spent the offseason working daily with his new coordinator, wide receivers and tight end, while working to improve his technique and add bulk. The improved offensive cast clearly helped Smith develop in his second year, especially early. Smith's first three games of the season saw him throw three touchdowns, no interceptions, and amass 814 yards. After struggling in Kansas City, he then threw for three touchdowns against the Oakland Raiders, setting a career high. However, the next five games saw Smith resume his growing pains, averaging only 153 yards per game while throwing only six touchdowns and nine interceptions. Despite his difficulty, he led the 49ers on a three-game winning streak in November.

Smith met Joe Montana for the first time on November 5, 2006, during a game against the Vikings. The 49ers wore the throwback jerseys of the 1989 team which Joe Montana and teammates wore. The 49ers went on to win 9-3, upsetting the Minnesota Vikings.

In need of a statement game, the 49ers traveled to Seattle for a Thursday Night Football game against their division rivals. During the broadcast on NFL Network, Cris Collinsworth noted that were he starting an NFL franchise, he would had taken the Broncos rookie quarterback Jay Cutler before Alex Smith and fellow rookies Matt Leinart and Vince Young - and that Smith was not even close to the others.⁵ Going into the 4th quarter, the 49ers were trailing the Seahawks 7-3, and pulling out a win looked unlikely. Smith however performed brilliantly in the fourth quarter, and drove the 49ers on a long touchdown drive down the field early, taking a narrow 10-7 lead. Late in the quarter, with the same score, Smith struck again - shaking off an almost certain sack, rolling to the left and completing a pass to Frank Gore for a touchdown to give the 49ers a 10 point lead. On the next drive, Smith cemented the victory by leading yet another touchdown drive, and rushing for a touchdown on a naked bootleg. Collinsworth had earlier in the game observed that "Alex Smith is the best I've ever seen him. That drive is the best I saw," and on seeing his touchdown run, commented "What a second-half he has had!".⁶

After losing to the Cardinals the following week, the 49ers final game of the 2006 season was against a Denver Broncos team looking for a playoff berth. In a major upset, the 49ers defeated the Broncos and knocked them out of the playoffs. During the game at INVESCO Field, Smith threw for 194 yards and a touchdown, leading the team to a come from behind victory for the second time in three weeks.

Overall, Smith improved in his second year by throwing as many touchdowns as interceptions. He threw for 16 TDs, 16 interceptions, 2,890 yards and a 74.8 quarterback rating, all improvements over his rookie year, and all well above what would normally be expected of a 22-year-old-quarterback.

2007 season

Smith entered the 2007 season learning under a third offensive coordinator in three seasons. Norv Turner was hired as the head coach by the San Diego Chargers. Jim Hostler replaced Turner. Hostler's system is a mixture of the offensive system installed by Turner with elements of the West Coast offense installed by Mike McCarthy for the 2005 season. During the offseason, the 49ers added wide receivers Darrell Jackson, Ashley Lelie, and rookie Jason Hill as new offensive weapons for Smith.

In the season opener on Monday Night Football against the Arizona Cardinals, Smith led the 49ers to a 20-17 win in a two-minute comeback. While down 17-13 with less than two-minutes left, Smith drove down the field, highlighted by a 25-yard scramble. After the scramble, he threw a 22 yard pass to Arnaz Battle that was fumbled on the one-yard line, but recovered by a 49er so the ball was placed back on the one-yard line with 26 seconds left. The following play Battle ran an end around for the game-winning touchdown. Smith finished the game 15 for 31 with 126 yards and two rushes for 37 yards.⁷ Had Darrell Jackson not dropped a perfectly thrown pass in the end zone prior to Smith completing the comeback, his numbers would have been even better.

On September 30 in the first quarter of a game against the Seattle Seahawks, Smith injured his right shoulder after getting sacked by Seahawks defensive tackle Rocky Bernard. Smith suffered a grade-three separation and the initial diagnosis was that surgery would not be required. Smith missed the next three games before returning to the 49ers' starting lineup on Sunday, October 28, 2007.

The 49ers did not win a game again until November 25. Among all NFL quarterbacks who qualify for league statistics, only the Jets' Kellen Clemens had a poorer passer rating than Smith (57.2), Smith completed under 50% of his passes, far below the league average of 60%. Smith was at odds with 49ers head coach Mike Nolan over the severity of his injury. Nolan believed that Smith was healthy enough to play while Smith felt that the injury still affected his ability to throw accurately, an account that was supported by players from the Seahawks⁸. Nolan decided to rest Smith following a loss in that game to the Seahawks on November 12 and start Trent Dilfer to allow Smith's shoulder to recover. Upon further examination following the decision, according to orthopedic surgeon James Andrews, the shoulder did not significantly heal as Andrews thought it would. Smith would not play again in the 2007 season.⁹ On December 11, 2007, Smith was placed on injured reserve to undergo surgery on the shoulder.

2008 season

Smith entered Training Camp competing for the starting quarterback job with Shaun Hill, who won both of the games he started in 2007, before suffering a back injury against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and J.T. O'Sullivan. Smith will be learning under a fourth different offensive coordinator in four seasons; Jim Hostler was fired and replaced by former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator and St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator/head coach Mike Martz. Unlike the previous three seasons, where offensive continuity was somewhat maintained, Martz's system was completely different. Smith was announced as the 2nd string quarterback for the 49ers' initial preseason game on August 8 against the Oakland Raiders, behind O'Sullivan, who was elevated to starting quarterback partly due to his familiarity with Martz's offense when he was on the bench with the Detroit Lions. Smith threw five of nine for 51 yards. He again started as the second string quarterback in the August 16 preseason game against the Green Bay Packers which the 49ers won 34 to 6. O'Sullivan was starting quarterback against the Chicago Bears on August 21 in the third preseason game, where he performed extremely well, throwing 7 of 8 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown. Smith threw 6 of 17 for 83 yards and a touchdown.

On August 22, 49ers head coach Mike Nolan announced¹⁰ that J. T. O'Sullivan, who had competed with Smith and Hill, would replace Smith as the 49ers' first-string quarterback for Week 1 of the 2008 season. This decision led former NFL coach Jim Mora to call Smith a "bust," and argue that the 49ers should not have drafted him as the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.¹¹

On September 10, the 49ers placed Smith on injured reserve after Dr. James Andrews confirmed the team's diagnosis of a broken bone in Smith's shoulder,¹² believed to have been caused by a wire left in his shoulder from the previous surgery, which had sawed through the bone ¹³. Regardless, the 49ers' general manager, Scot McCloughan, said that the 49ers expect to release Smith before the 2009 season, when they would owe him a salary of $9,625,000.¹⁴ After Nolan was fired on October 21, 2008, the 49ers expressed interest in having Smith remain for the 2009 season if he was willing to renegotiate his contract.¹⁵ On March 10, 2009, the 49ers announced that Alex Smith's contract had been successfully restructured and that he would stay with the team. Smith took a considerable paycut to remain with the 49ers, with whom he is under contract for the next two years.¹⁶ Smith will make $4 million a season in 2009 and 2010, in addition to base salaries that weren't immediately made known. In his previous contract, he was scheduled to make $24.6 million in the final two years. [1]

2009 season

After restructuring his new contract with San Francisco, Smith lost the battle for the starting QB position to Shaun Hill. However, in a Week 7 game against the Texans, Smith was made the quarterback at the beginning of the third quarter after Hill had performed poorly in a 0-21 first half deficit. Smith led the team back with 3 touchdown passes that were all to TE Vernon Davis, but fell short of victory 21-24.¹⁷ The next day on October 26 at his weekly press conference, head coach Mike Singletary named Smith as the 49ers's starting quarterback.¹⁸

Career statistics

College

			Passing								Rushing
Season	Team		GP	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	INT		Att	Yds	TD
2002	Utah Utes		2	2	4	50.0	4	0	1		2	-11	0
2003	Utah Utes		11	173	266	65.0	2247	15	3		149	452	5
2004	Utah Utes		13	214	317	67.5	2952	32	4		135	631	10
	Totals		26	389	587	66.3	5203	47	8		286	1072	15

Professional

			Passing								Rushing
Season	Team		GP	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	INT		Att	Yds	TD
2005	San Francisco 49ers		9	84	165	50.9	875	1	11		30	103	0
2006	San Francisco 49ers		16	257	442	58.1	2890	16	16		43	147	2
2007	San Francisco 49ers		7	94	193	48.7	914	2	4		13	89	0
2008	San Francisco 49ers		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
2009	San Francisco 49ers		1	15	22	68.2	206	3	1		2	16	0
	Totals		33	450	822	54.7	4885	22	32		89	355	2

References

External links

• Alex Smith at ESPN.com

Preceded by Tim Rattay Shaun Hill

San Francisco 49ers Starting Quarterbacks 2005-2007 2009-present

Succeeded by Trent Dilfer Incumbent

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