Editing Rod Smart (section)

==College career==
Smart was born in [[Lakeland, Florida]], one of several children. His parents were known to give Rod and his siblings unusual nicknames, including "Bone Bone" and "Fat Girl."<ref name=xfl3>As stated in the Week 3 XFL Los Angeles at Las Vegas television broadcast on NBC.</ref> He attended [[Lakeland High School (Lakeland, Florida)|Lakeland High School]], where he played both [[running back]] and [[cornerback]] for the [[High school football|football]] team, and also ran for the [[track and field|track team]].

Smart attended [[Western Kentucky University]], where he played for the [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Hilltoppers]] football team.  He ended his career at Western Kentucky ranked tenth all-time in school history with 2,305 [[Rush (American football)#Offense|rushing]] yards on 356 carries with 21 [[touchdowns]]. He also recorded 115 receiving yards, 279 kickoff return yards, and 14 yards on [[punt return]]s. He started all 11 games as a senior in 1999 and was a first-team All-[[Missouri Valley Football Conference|Gateway Conference]] selection. In his senior season, he led the team with 1,249 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns on 188 carries, for a 6.4 yard average, while his all purpose yards and rushing yards ranked fifth and sixth respectively in school history for a single season.<ref name="Oakland Raiders biography">{{cite web |url=http://www.raiders.com/team/teamRosterDetails.jsp?id=25031 |access-date=August 16, 2006 |title=Rod Smart #39 |publisher=Raiders.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825061849/http://raiders.com/team/teamRosterDetails.jsp?id=25031 |archive-date=August 25, 2006}}</ref> He graduated with a degree in [[kinesiology]].<ref name="Meet The Pro: Rod Smart">{{cite web |url=http://www.theledger.com/news/20050125/meet-the-pro-rod-smart |access-date=August 16, 2006 |author=Sowder, Amy |title=Meet The Pro: Rod Smart |work=Lakeland Magazine |date=January 25, 2005}}</ref>

===Track and field===
Smart was also a member of the track team at Western Kentucky, where he specialized in the [[60 meters]] and [[100 meters]].

====Personal bests====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event
!Time (seconds)
!Venue
!Date
|-
|[[55 meters]]
|6.36
|Jonesboro, Arkansas
|February 27, 2000
|-
|[[60 meters]]
|6.86
|Indianapolis, Indiana
|February 7, 1999
|-
|[[100 meters]]
|10.56
|Knoxville, Tennessee
|May 14, 2000
|}