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Patriots.com News Blitz - 11/20/2008

Patriots-Dolphins news not just around the country, but around the world, in this edition of Patriots.com's News Blitz.

Brown, Belichick discuss the Wildcat; Wed. notes

In their first meeting, the Wildcat ran wild. Miami's star running back and New England's head coach tackle the unorthodox formation. Plus, news and notes from Wednesday's practice.

42 Quinton Smith RB

  Height: 5-11   Weight: 195
  Year: R   Yrs/Pat: 1
  Acquired: FA-07
  School: Rice
  Born: Jan 14, 1984

Personal Quinton Bernard Smith was born January 14, 1984 to Quinton and Pamela Smith ... 2002 graduate of Cedar Park Senior High School near Austin ... Second-team Class 4A all-state pick ... Most valuable offensive player in District 17-4A ... Led Cedar Park to 8-3 record and spot in the bi-district playoffs in the only the second year of varsity competition for the school ... Second-team all-CenTex selection by the Austin American-Statesman ... One of the state's top prospects according to Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine ... Also competed in basketball and track ... All-district in baseball and basketball, winning the Timberwolves' MVP award in basketball ... Won the district long jump and triple jump titles as a junior... Honor roll student ... A winner of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Legacy Award ... Majored in managerial studies/economics at Rice.
Career Transactions Quinton Smith was signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent on May 8, 2007.
College Closed out his career at Rice with 3,055 all-purpose yards. 2006 (Senior): Posted the sixth 1,000 yard rushing season in Rice history (1,096) and moved into the second spot on the Owls career rushing list (2,505) ... Topped the century mark five times ... Top rushing effort was a 183-yard effort against UCF ... C-USA Offensive Player of the Week for his 243 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns against UTEP ... Averaged 84.3 yards per game and 121.3 all purpose yards per game ... Had seven plays from scrimmage of 37 yards or better, including a 69-yard scoring run ... Scored on pass plays of 80 and 64 yards ... His 80-yard catch and run against Houston was the longest scoring play of the year in the conference ... Scored eight times in the final five games, including seven on the ground ... Rushed for 10 scores ... Topped 100 all-purpose yards in nine of 13 games ... Finished 2006 with 1,608 all-purpose yards ... Selected to play for the South in the first IntaJuice North-South Classic and led the squad with 63 yards rushing. 2005 (Junior): Second-team all-Conference USA selection... Winner of the George Martin Award as the Owls' most valuable player, as well as a George R. Brown Offense Award as Rice's top running back ... Started all 11 games at A-back... Led the Owls with 902 rushing yards and five touchdowns on 140 attempts ... Rushed for at least 100 yards in five games, topped by a 154-yard effort against UTEP. 2004 (Sophomore): Played in eight games with five starts as a sophomore... Gained 300 yards on 50 carries (6.0 average) and scored two touchdowns ... Gained 166 yards on 12 carries against Fresno, including an 80-yard touchdown run. 2003 (Freshman): Played in eight games with two starts ... Rushed for 207 yards on 26 carries as a redshirt freshman ... Had a 142-yard effort on only 13 carries at Fresno State. 2002: Redshirted.

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