Seahawks Stories: Sherman Smith

Former running back Sherman Smith joins the show. A member of the Seattle backfield for the first seven seasons of the franchise, the Seahawks Legend also coached the position during the early Pete Carroll years, including the Super Bowl XLVIII team. Today’s show: playing football since a young age (02:02), always knowing he wanted to be a teacher and a coach (04:12), being drafted to Seattle and changing positions (06:29), Sprint Draw series (11:35), fake field goals (15:57), Jim Zorn’s ankle injury throwing to Sherman (18:48), end of Sherman’s career (21:20), coaching career (24:44), coaching with Jim Zorn in Washington (34:26), coaching under Pete Carroll with Marshawn Lynch (37:45), life after football (46:07) , and finding out he had a son (48:12).

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