Smith was born in Pensacola, Florida, the son of Mary J. Smith and Emmitt James Smith Jr. At the age of eight, he played his first organized football game on a team that was sponsored by the Salvation Army. He attended … See more

Smith accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he played for coach Galen Hall's Gators for three seasons (1987–1989). He did not start the first two games of his college car… See more