Steve Smith

Career Highlights
Since being drafted by Carolina in 2001, ranks third in the NFL with 3,903 combined net yards, trailing only Ricky Williams with 3,976, and Priest Holmes with 4,456.
After only two seasons, ranks as the Panthers all-time leader with three punt returns for touchdowns and tied with Michael Bates as team's all-time leader with five combined kick returns for touchdowns.
Led Carolina with 872 receiving yards and ranked second with 54 receptions in first season as full-time starter in 2002.
Average of 16.1 yards per catch rated second in the NFC and sixth in the NFL among receivers with 50 or more receptions.
Earned first career NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award after setting Panthers marks with 153 punt return yards and two punt returns for a touchdowns, including an 87-yarder that stands as the longest punt return in team history, versus Cincinnati (12/6/02).
Became only the 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.
Produced a career-high 144 receiving yards on five catches versus Cincinnati (12/6/02).
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 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 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.
Set Panthers record, led all rookies and ranked fourth in the NFL with 1,994 combined net yards in 2001.
As rookie in 2001, established Panthers single-season records with three combined kick returns for touchdowns and 1,795 combined kick return yards.
Set a Panthers record 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.
Returned punt 70 yards for a touchdown versus New Orleans (10/14/01), registering the third longest punt return in team 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.
Playing at Minnesota (9/9/01) in first NFL contest, set a Panthers record with a 44.67 kickoff return average on three kick returns for 134 yards and a touchdown.


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