He played for the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Raiders and Minnesota Vikings.
Roger Craig Smith currently resides in Chatsworth, California, where he enjoys playing video games and mountain biking.
In wrestling, he was an Iowa State Championships qualifier. Roger Craig played three full seasons for the University of Nebraska.
(His brother, Curtis Craig, was subsequently inducted in 2003).
Publicity Listings Craig was also fourth on the team with 12 receptions for 87 yards and was named to the All-Big 8 Team. In 16 playoff games with the 49ers, Craig had 817 yards rushing (4.0) with seven touchdowns and 63 receptions for 606 yards (9.7) and two touchdowns, as the 49ers won three Super Bowls. However, the exact figure regarding his salary and net worth is not known. [1] Craig credited 10-time State Champion Coach Ira Dunsworth with helping develop his distinctive high knee running form.
Craig is a member of the San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame.
View more / View Less Facts of Roger Craig Smith. He is an actor, known for Necessary Roughness (1991), Dream for an Insomniac (1996) and Naked Obsession (1990). We have no records of past relationships for Roger Craig Smith. Roger Craig Smith stands smart and fits with a medium height of five feet and six inches. The following season, Craig became the first in NFL history to run and receive for at least 1,000 yards in the same season.
Craig rushed for 119 yards and 1 touchdown, catching 19 passes for 169 yards and 1 touchdown.
Craig followed in the footsteps of Curtis Craig and Jamie Williams to graduate from Davenport Central and then attend Nebraska to play for Coach Tom Osborne. In the NFC Championship Game (his last as a 49er), a hit by Giants Nose Tackle Erik Howard caused Craig to fumble the football that was recovered by Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor late in the fourth quarter while the 49ers were trying to hold on to a 13–12 lead over the New York Giants.
Playing behind Terry Allen in 1992, Craig rushed for 416 yards and four touchdowns and caught 22 passes for 161 yards.
In 1987, Craig was inducted into the Quad City Sports Hall of Fame. Craig finished his eleven NFL seasons with 8,189 rushing yards, 566 receptions for 4,911 receiving yards, and three kickoff returns for 43 yards. Overall, he amassed 13,143 total yards and scored 73 touchdowns (56 rushing and 17 receiving). A memorable game occurred in week 7 against the Los Angeles Rams. Craig was the 49th overall selection in the 1983 NFL Draft, taken by the San Francisco 49ers in the second round from Nebraska, where he once held the record for longest run from scrimmage (94 yards,[17] set during a 1981 game against Florida State University). Roger Craig Smith has done vocal work for major studios like Disney and Disney Television Animation, Microsoft Game Studios, Wal-Mart, E!, TLC, Sony, Cartoon Network, Baskin-Robbins and more. |
He was an integral running back in Osborne's I-formation option offense. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Not only that, Roger Craig Smith's voice work includes credits such as “Sonic The Hedgehog”, “Batman” in Batman: Arkham Origins, “Chris Redfield” in the Resident Evil series of games, and “Ezio Auidtore da Firenze” in the Assassin’s Creed games. In 1985 he became the first professional football player to run for 1,000 yards and receive for 1,000 yards in single season. Ranks 34th on NFL All-Time Rushing Attempts List (1,991).
Montana, Craig and Walsh would remain together until the 1988 season. [11], In the dominant Nebraska Offense with Craig during his tenure were: QBs Jeff Quinn and Turner Gill; RBs Jarvis Redwine, I.M. With fullback Tom Rathman, also from Nebraska, the two formed the 49ers' "Cornfield Backfield. ", https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CraiRo00.htm, https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rai/1991.htm, https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/1992.htm, https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/1993.htm, https://rogercraig33.com/roger-craig-the-first-to-do-one-day-contract/, "DHS/CHS Hall of Honor Inductees - Central High School", "Heroes of the Game - Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site", "Former NFL running back Roger Craig goes the distance", "Two decades after leaving NFL, Craig is still running", https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-11-22-8802180842-story.html, Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Craig_(American_football)&oldid=984868581, African-American players of American football, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, BLP articles lacking sources from October 2009, NFL player missing current team parameter, Infobox NFL biography articles missing alt text, Infobox NFL biography articles with old NFL.com URL, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2016, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. [1] The 1976 team, with Roger Craig and Williams, won the Iowa State Championship under Coach Jim Fox. The Craig brothers were preceded at running back for Central by future Denver Broncos RB Jim Jensen.
Other Works His screenplay “Modesto Rules” was a semi-finalist in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition in the year 2004.
Frank Gore holds the current record with 1,695 yards in 2006). Craig broke the school record in the 110 hurdles that had been set by Jim Jensen.
In 1988, Craig was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press. [3][4] Craig was an all-around athlete, also competing in wrestling and track.
Since then, only two other running backs have achieved the same feat (Marshall Faulk in 1999, and Christian McCaffrey in 2019). The Raiders finished 9–7 under head coach Art Shell and lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs. Besides this, Roger Craig Smith can also be heard as iconic superhero “Captain America” for the blockbuster show Avengers Assemble. Even though Roger Craig Smith was expected to be replaced by an on-camera celebrity for the final recording of the film, he was kept on board as “Ripslinger” for the final release of the film. In 1988, Craig set a then-franchise record 1,502 yards rushing (Garrison Hearst broke the record with 1,570 yards in 1998.
There, he was teammates with future NFL TE Jamie Williams. He scored three rushing touchdowns and ran a career-high 191 yards.
Roger Craig Smith joined Chapman University’s Dodge College of film and media arts and graduated from there in the year 2003 with a degree in screenwriting.
Subsequent to the fumble recovery the Giants scored on a last-second field goal to win 15–13, and went on to win Super Bowl XXV. Ranks 37th on NFL All-Time Rushing Yards List (8,189). In the 1989 season, the 49ers advanced to the Super Bowl for the second year in a row, aided by Craig's 1,527 combined rushing/receiving yards and seven touchdowns in the season, along with his 240 combined rushing/receiving yards and two touchdowns in their two playoff games.
According to our records, Roger Craig Smith is possibly single. Craig went to four Pro Bowls and won three Super Bowls with the 49ers.
[14][4] Craig also ran one season of indoor track at Nebraska, finishing 4th in the 60 Meter hurdles at the Big 8 Indoor Championships.[15][16].
Craig, Lydell Mitchell and Chuck Foreman are the only running backs to lead the NFL in receptions for a single season.
Roger Craig Smith also narrates TV shows like “Say Yes to the Dress” and “Crashers”. He ran for 1,050 yards on 214 carries and led the NFL with 92 catches for 1,016 yards, and scored a team high 15 touchdowns. Craig is one of three running backs to ever record 100 receiving yards or more in a Super Bowl (James White, New England Patriots, Super Bowl 51; Corey Clement, Philadelphia Eagles, Super Bowl 52). Craig also caught a then-record 92 passes in the 1985 campaign. His net worth is estimated to be high accumulated from his high salary as a voice actor and stand-up comedian. Played for the following clubs in his playing career: San Francisco 49ers (1983-1990), Los Angeles Raiders (1991), and Minnesota Vikings (1992-1993). [5][6][7] On the track, Craig finished 2nd in the Iowa State Track and Field Championships in both the 110 hurdles and the 400 hurdles as a Senior in 1979. Relationships. His Sources Of Income, Salary, And Career, Legendary Comedian And Actor Jerry Stiller Dies At 92: His Career, Personal Life, And Net Worth. [31], Roger Craig's Tales from the San Francisco 49ers Sideline Roger Craig, Matt Maiocco, Bill Walsh Sports Publishing LLC, 2004 - Sports & Recreation - 200 pages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, National Football League 1980s All-Decade Team, Professional Football Researchers Association, "49ers Roger Craig: A Hard-Working Record Breaker", "Year-by-Year Results - Davenport Central Blue Devils Football (Davenport, IA)", "NFL Players That Are Former Wrestlers In High School or College", "Register Sports Hall of Fame Database - Roger Craig - DesMoinesRegister.com", "Former 49ers tailback Craig home' for book signing", "Microsoft Word - 2.ATB.event_meters_yds.doc", "Why Do Hurdlers Make Great Football Players? Roger Craig Smith always had an interest in the entertainment industry since his childhood.
Smith’s biggest feature film projects till date was Disney’s Planes. He was raised by his parents in Tustin, California.
Roger Timothy Craig (born July 10, 1960) is an American former football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).
In the 49ers' 20-16 win over Cincinnati in that Super Bowl, he rushed for 71 yards and caught eight passes for 101 yards. He is an active supporter of Children’s Hospital of Orange County and Seacrest Foundation.