DeVonta Smith made history as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, preventing pro football’s first three-peat and adding his name to the record books in the process.
The Eagles wide receiver became the first Alabama draftee to score a touchdown in a Super Bowl game, catching a 46-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Although some Alabama players, such as quarterbacks Bart Starr, Joe Namath, and Ken Stabler, have scored touchdowns in Super Bowls, the NFL does not count touchdown passes as individual points for a player or college.
Not only that, but Smith became the fifth player and first wide receiver in history to…
Win the Heisman Trophy.
Achieve a college football national title and a Super Bowl championship.
Alabama produced four Heisman Trophy winners during Nick Saban’s head coaching tenure, but Smith is the first Crimson Tide alum to complete the historic trifecta.
Smith also holds three Alabama records, including 235 total receptions, 3,965 receiving yards, and 46 receiving touchdowns.
He finished his legendary Crimson Tide career by catching 117 passes for 1,856 yards and 23 touchdowns during Alabama’s national championship run in 2020.
Smith was then selected as the No. 10 overall pick in the NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, marking the first step toward his Super Bowl championship.
Smith has 308 catches for 4,011 yards and 27 touchdowns in four seasons of NFL play, including this year’s Super Bowl.
Who are the other players who have won a national championship, the Heisman Trophy, and the Super Bowl? It’s an extremely short list.
Tony Dorsett: The legendary running back won the national championship at Pittsburgh in 1976, rushing for 2,150 yards and 22 touchdowns. He also won the Heisman Trophy that year.
Dorsett, the No. 2 overall draft pick by Dallas the following year, went on to win Super Bowl XII with the Cowboys in 1977, rushing for over 1,000 yards and earning Rookie of the Year honors.
Marcus Allen: The former running back was on a national championship team at USC in the 1978 football season, one that is recognized by the Coaches Poll, when he was backup to Heisman running back Charles White.
Allen then won the Heisman himself in the 1981 season after rushing for a career-high 2,342 yards and 22 touchdowns. Following the 1983 season, he led the Los Angeles Raiders to a 38-9 victory over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII.
Charles Woodson: The cornerback won the Heisman Trophy as a rare defensive honoree in 1997, the same year he and Michigan won a share of the national championship.
Woodson won Super Bowl XLV as a member of the Green Bay Packers and finished his Hall of Fame career in a three-way tie for the most defensive touchdowns in NFL history.
Reggie Bush: The former USC tailback won the Heisman after his 1,740 yard performance in the 2005 season.
USC won a share of the national championship in 2003 — AP voters broke with the BCS despite LSU winning the designated title game and named the Trojans the No. 1 team in the country — and another title in 2004, and then Bush won Super Bowl XLIV with the New Orleans Saints in 2009.