2005 "TRIPLE CROWN" WINNER: Led NFL with 1,563 receiving yards and tied for first in the League with 103 receptions and 12 touchdown catches...Third player since the NFL merger in 1970 to lead or tie for the NFL lead in those three categories, matching the accomplishments of Jerry Rice with San Francisco in 1990 and Sterling Sharpe with Green Bay in 1992.
POSTSEASON: In seven postseason games, has totaled 45 receptions for 739 yards and six touchdowns, five rushing attempts for 45 yards and one touchdown, seven punt returns for 73 yards and a touchdown, two kickoff returns for 41 yards...His postseason totals for receptions and receiving yards are the most accumulated in NFL history by a player after their first seven postseason games...NFL postseason leader in receptions, receiving yards and total yards from scrimmage in each season he has reached the playoffs, pacing the League in those categories in 2003 and 2005...Postseason average of 105.7 receiving yards per game is the highest in NFL history (minimum of five games)...With punt return for a touchdown in NFC championship game at Seattle (1/22/06), Smith became only player in NFL history to score a touchdown on a pass reception, run, and punt return in the same postseason...27 receptions in 2005 postseason set NFL record, bettering mark of 23 set by Anthony Carter in 1987...With 10 catches at the New York Giants in the NFC Wild Card game (1/8/06) and 12 receptions at Chicago (1/15/06) in the NFC Divisional playoffs, Smith became third player in NFL history to post 10 or more receptions in consecutive postseason contests, joining Tony Nathan (1984-85) and Jerry Rice (1994-95).
AMONG PANTHERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING LEADERS: Ranks second all-time with 15 100-yard receiving games, including the playoffs...Ranks third all-time in team history with 261 catches, 3,759 yards and 22 receiving touchdowns.
AMONG PANTHERS ALL-TIME RETURN LEADERS: Ranks as the team's all-time leader with six combined kick returns for a touchdown, four punt returns for a touchdown, 160 punt returns and 1,559 punt return yards and 256 combined kick returns...Ranks second all-time for combined kick return yards, kickoff returns, kickoff return yards, kickoff return average, kickoff returns for touchdowns and punt return average.
PANTHERS RECEIVING RECORDS: Established team single-season records with 103 receptions, 1,563 receiving yards and nine 100-yard receiving games in 2005...Set team single-game records with 14 receptions at Chicago (11/20/05) and 201 receiving yards versus Minnesota (10/30/05)...Three scores at Miami (9/25/05) tied team single-game marks for touchdown receptions...12 touchdown receptions matched the second-highest single-season total in team history behind 16 recorded by Muhsin Muhammad in 2004...13 total touchdowns ranks second behind Muhammad's 16 touchdowns in 2004...Four consecutive 100-yard receiving games stands second behind Jeffers team record of five recorded in 1999...80-yard reception at Detroit (10/16) ranks as the third-longest in team history behind Willie Green's 89-yard reception versus Atlanta (12/17/95) and Patrick Jeffers' 88-yard catch at Pittsburgh (12/26/90).
PANTHERS RETURN RECORDS: 53-yard punt return for a touchdown versus the Giants (12/28/03) was the fourth of his career, a Carolina all-time record...Established single-season records as a rookie in 2001 with three combined kick returns for touchdowns and 1,795 combined kick return yards...Set single-game records with 252 kickoff return yards at St. Louis (11/11/01), including a 99-yarder for a touchdown that matched the second-longest kickoff return in team history, and also established a team mark with 267 combined kick return yards...206 combined kick return yards versus New Orleans (10/14/01) ranks as second-highest total in team history and 70-yard punt return for a touchdown against Saints stands as the third-longest punt return in team history...Set Panthers team record in first NFL contest with a 44.67 kickoff return average on three kick returns for 134 yards at Minnesota (9/9/01)...42.75 yard kickoff return average at New Orleans (12/2/01) is the second-highest amount in team annals.
PANTHERS COMBINED NET YARDS RECORDS: Owns the four highest single-season totals for combined net yards in team history, generating 1,994 yards as a rookie in 2001, 1,940 yards in 2005, 1,909 yards in 2002 and 1,900 yards in 2003...Responsible for the five highest single-game totals for combined net yards in team history with 313 yards versus Cincinnati (12/8/02), 269 yards at St. Louis (11/11/01), 232 yards versus Tennessee (10/19/03), 221 yards versus Minnesota (10/30/05) and 217 yards versus New Orleans (10/14/01).
AMONG NFL LEADERS FOR COMBINED NET YARDS: Ranked third in the NFL among non-running backs in 2005 with 1,940 combined net yards behind Kansas City's Dante Hall, who gained 2,283 yards, and Miami's Wes Welker, who totaled 2,208 yards...Since the NFL adopted a 16-game schedule in 1978, he is the only player to amass 1,900 combined net yards in each of his first three seasons after compiling a team-record 1,994 yards in 2001, 1,909 yards in 2002 and 1,900 yards in 2003...Joined Kansas City's Priest Holmes as one of only two players in the NFL with 1,900 or more combined net yards in each season from 2001-03...5,803 combined net yards led all non-running backs in the NFL from 2001-03...Running backs he trailed were Holmes, who had 6,556 yards, San Diego's LaDanian Tomlinson, who had 6,145 yards, and Green Bay's Ahman Green, who had 5,864 yards...Ranked second in the NFL among non-running backs in 2003 with 1,900 combined net yards, trailing Hall, who totaled 2,446 yards...Led all rookies and ranked fourth in NFL for combined net yards in 2001.
Responsible for 15 career 100-yard receiving games, including the playoffs, and six contests with 10 or more receptions, including the playoffs.
Became first receiver in NFL history in 2005 to produce three games in one season with 11 or more catches and 169 or more receiving yards.
With rushing touchdown at New Orleans (12/18/05), joined Tim Dwight as the only active NFL players to score a touchdown on a rush, reception, via kick return and via punt return.
One of two players, along with Muhsin Muhammad, in team history to produce multiple 1,000-yard receiving campaigns after eclipsing the plateau in 2003 and 2005.
Led NFL during the 2003 postseason with 18 catches for 404 receiving yards, collecting the most receiving yards by a player during the postseason since San Francisco's Jerry Rice totaled 409 yards in 1988.
Game-winning 69-yard touchdown in second overtime at St. Louis (1/10/04) during the NFC Divisional playoffs stands as the longest play to end a playoff game in League history and concluded a contest that ranked as the fifth-longest game in NFL history.
Earned first career NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award versus Cincinnati (12/6/02) after setting Panthers marks with 153 punt return yards and two punt returns for touchdowns, including an 87-yarder that stands as the longest punt return in team history.
Became second player in NFL history to return two punts for touchdowns and catch a touchdown pass in the same game versus Cincinnati (12/6/02), amassing a team-record 313 combined net yards, a single-game total that ranked second in the NFL in 2002.
Only rookie named All-Pro by The Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, Football Digest and The Sporting News in 2001.
Only rookie elected to the 2001 Pro Bowl and first rookie named to the Pro Bowl as a kick returner or special teams player since returner Tyrone Hughes of the New Orleans Saints was chosen as the return man in 1993.
Led NFC and ranked second in NFL with 25.6 kickoff return average in 2001.
Only NFL player to return both a punt and kickoff for touchdown during the 2001 season, marking a first in Panthers history.
Only player in the League to produce three combined kick returns for a touchdown in 2001, a total that tied for the second highest in NFL history.
Returned first NFL kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown at Minnesota (9/9/01), a score that was the NFL's first in 2001, making him the first player to return a season-opening kickoff for a touchdown since 1980.
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