[8] He also rushed for 297 yards in a game against the SMU Mustangs that year, setting a single-game school record.

[8] Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bud Wilkinson said Smith "leaves me breathless.

[8] Smith was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round, with the 41st overall pick, of the 1951 NFL draft but returned to Texas A&M for his final season of college football.

[9] After college, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.

[2] He died on January 5, 2005, in Dallas at the age of 75 after suffering a heart attack and stroke earlier in the week.