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Of all the first-time members on the AFC and NFC Pro Bowl teams, Clifton Smith might be the most interesting, if for no other reason than he's a rookie that seemingly nobody wanted back in April. Smith went undrafted out of Fresno State, and apparently had free agent contract offers from only two teams, one of them being the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. For the first seven weeks of the season, Smith found himself on Tampa Bay's practice squad, before being signed to the active roster prior to its week 8 game at Dallas. All he's done in the seven games since is turn into one of the NFL's most explosive kick returners.
Currently, he's tied for the second-best kickoff return average in the NFC at 27.3 yards per return, while his 15-yard average per punt return leads the conference. Only Roscoe Parrish in the AFC can claim a higher average in the NFL. For his efforts, he earned a spot on the NFC Pro Bowl roster as the return specialist, even though he thought the phone call informing him of his selection was a joke.
In his second NFL game, Smith returned a kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown in a 30-27 win at Kansas City, and then took a punt back 70 yards against Detroit two weeks later.
Just goes to show that you never know where you're going to find impact talent.
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