Smith attended William Howard Taft High School, where he was a letterman in football and track. [2] In football, he was named to the Student Sports Sophomore All-American and Cal-Hi Sports All-State first-team as a 2004 sophomore when he had 800-plus yards of total offense and 8 touchdowns, plus 2 interceptions, as Taft won the L.A. City title. Super Bowl MVPs have come from colleges big and small, from the Division II ranks to powerhouses like Alabama. USC - 3 (one each for Lynn Swann, Marcus Allen and Malcolm Smith) Three USC football players have earned the Super Bowl MVP Award. Marcus Allen was the MVP for the Los Angeles Raiders in Super Bowl XVIII against the Washington Redskins in January of 1984. Malcolm Smith gave USC another Super Bowl MVP when he took home the hardware for Super Bowl XLVIII in February of 2014 against the Denver Broncos. Pro Bowl History; AP MVP; AP AFL Player of the Year; UPI MVP; UPI AFL Player of the Year; PFWA MVP; Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP; Sporting News Player of the Year; Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP) Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year) AAFC MVP; Super Bowl MVP; Walter Payton Man of the Year; NFLPA Alan Page Community Award; AP Offensive Player of the Year Some surprising schools on the list are represented by the 58 Super Bowl MVP winners. Whether you view that in the negative or positive light, it can be eye-opening. Perhaps that is due to the recency bias of Michigan being at the top. Some national powers on this list don't have a Super Bowl MVP that might surprise you such as Auburn, LSU, or In the 2013 season, Malcolm Smith became the first defensive player to win Super Bowl MVP in a decade. Smith’s career as a linebacker started at USC, where he posted solid stats from 2007-10. Smith posted numbers in the top 10 for the Pacific-10 Conference for assisted tackles and interception return yards. College: USC (College Stats) Malcolm Smith has won 1 Super Bowl. AP NFL MVP, Pro Bowl Smith, whose brother Steve played for the played for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams, didn't have the easiest road to Super Bowl MVP. In his senior season at USC, he Allen became the fourth USC running back to win the Heisman while becoming the first player to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season. He is arguably the most decorated player in the history of football as he is the only player to win a national title, a Heisman, a Super Bowl, a Super Bowl MVP award and an NFL regular-season MVP award. Malcolm Smith's Super Bowl MVP performance was the culmination of an incredible five-week run that typified the depth of the Seahawks' dominating defense. He was the first NFL player to gain more than 10,000 rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards during his career. Allen has the distinction of being the only player to have won the Heisman Trophy, named Unanimous All-American, won an AFCA National Championship Trophy, the Super Bowl, and be named NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP. [2] A total of 54 Super Bowls have been played. That number will grow to 55 after this upcoming Sunday evening. A total of 36 Super Bowls have been played since Marcus Allen’s reverse-of-field, change-of-direction, loop-and-cutback 74-yard touchdown run against the Washington Redskins in Tampa, the same city where Super Bowl LV will be contested between the Buccaneers and the Chiefs. With the loss, the Cowboys were the first defending Super Bowl champ to lose a Super Bowl and the first losing team to score at least 30 points. 3. Super Bowl XXXII: Denver Broncos 31, Green Bay Mahomes enters Super Bowl 59 tied with Joe Montana for the second-most Super Bowl MVPs at three apiece. The only other players to win the award multiple times are Terry Bradshaw (2), Eli Manning Bart Starr was the MVP of Super Bowls I and II while quarterback for the Green Bay Packers Joe Montana won three Super Bowl MVP awards as quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers Jerry Rice, the MVP of Super Bowl XXIII, played wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers Desmond Howard, MVP of Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers, is the only special teams player – a kick/punt returner Furthermore, USC had just finished the 2006 season with an 11-2 record and a Rose Bowl victory over Michigan. According to Scout.com, Arizona, California, Michigan, Notre Dame and Penn State sent Super Bowl LVIII is on the horizon, with Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers set to face Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Both teams aim to claim the iconic Lombardi Trophy, while one player will etch their name in history as Super Bowl MVP. Marcus Allen is the only player to win a national title, a Heisman, a Super Bowl, a Super Bowl MVP award, and an NFL regular-season MVP award. HOW IT STARTED USC-UCLA football memories: 1980s and 1990s USC Dornsife economics alumnus Malcolm Smith's fierce sense of determination leads him to become Super Bowl XLVIII MVP. Additional video and still footage co USC Trojans in the Super Bowl Wide receiver Lynn Swann was the first Trojan to be named Super Bowl MVP, catching four passes for 161 yards, including the game-clinching 64-yard scoring pass
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