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PLAYER BIO// 2007• In season opener on MNF vs. Arz. (9/10), completed 15 of 31 passesfor 126 yds., while rushing for 36 yds. on 3 carries. Led team ongame-winning drive, completing 6 of 10 passes for 60 yds. to goalong with a 25-yd. rush on 4th down. WR Arnaz Battle scored goahead TD on 1-yd. rush with :22 remaining in 20-17 win.• Left game after first series at Sea. (9/30) with a shoulder separationfrom a sack by DT Rocky Bernard.• Returned to starting lineup vs. NO (10/28) and completed 22 of 43passes for 190 yds. with 1 TD.• Started 2 more games before being placed on IR (12/12) and undergoingshoulder surgery (12/13) to repair ligaments.// 2006• Became first QB in 49ers history to take every snap over course ofa season. The only other NFL QBs to take every snap in 2006 werePeyton Manning (Indianapolis), Jon Kitna (Detroit), and J.P. Losman(Buffalo).• Set career-highs in comps. (257), atts. (442) and yds. (2,890).• Completed 23 of 40 atts. for 288 yds., including a 31-yd. TD pass toDavis at Arz. (9/10).• In home opener vs. StL (9/17), threw a 72-yd. TD pass to WR AntonioBryant in 3rd qtr.• Threw for a then-career-high 293 yds. on 27 of 46 passing with 1TD vs. Phi. (9/24). Completed a career-long 75-yd. pass to WR BryanGilmore in 3rd qtr., marking second straight week he bested themark.• Recorded first career rus. TD vs. Sea. (11/19).• Completed 14 of 25 passes for 162 yds. with 2 TDs at Sea. (12/14) togo along with 6 carries for 33 yds. and 1 rushing TD in 49ers 24-14win. Engineered 4th-qtr. comeback with 2 TD passes and an 18-yd.TD run. Only two other players in NFL history threw at least 2 TDpasses in 1 qtr. while also running for a TD of at least 15 yds. in thatsame qtr. – Phil Simms as a rookie for the 1979 Giants (against the49ers) and Kordell Stewart for the Steelers in 1997 (against the Ravens).• Finished season by completing 17 of 32 passes for 194 yds. with 1 TDand 1 INT in OT victory at Den. (12/31).// 2005• Played first career game at Phi. (9/18).• Recorded first career completion for 15 yds. to WR Brandon Lloyd atArz. in Mexico City (10/2).• Inactive 4 games after suffering knee injury from a LB LaVar Arringtonhit vs. Was. (10/23).• Returned to starting lineup vs. Arz. (12/4) and completed 16 of 24passes for 185 yds. with 3 INTs. Completed first 8 passes and was 11of 12 for 138 yds. in 1st half.• Started at StL (12/24) and recorded first career win as a starter,finishing 12 of 16 for 131 yds. and a 98.7 QB rating.• Threw first career TD vs. Hou. (1/1/06) on a 14-yd. pass to Lloyd in a20-17 OT victory.ALEX SMITH// COLLEGEBoasted a 21-1 record as a starter at Utah and became first player inschool history to be named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. NamedThe Sporting News and Sports Illustrated 2004 National Offensive POYafter recording a career TD-to-INT ratio of 6.1:1, best among allpassers that played college football in 2004. Earned Mountain WestPOW honors 6 times while guiding Utes to 12-0 record during finalcampaign with Utah. Named a finalist for the Davey O’Brien Award,given to the nation’s top passer. Added second-team Walter CampAll-American, Mountain West Offensive POY and unanimous firstteamAll-Mountain West accolades. Sophomore All-America honorablemention by College Sports Report. second-team All-MountainWest pick. Took over starting QB role in season’s third game vs. California.Appeared briefly in 2 games as a freshman.// PERSONAL• Attended Helix (La Mesa, CA) HS, with 2006 No. 2 overall NFL draftselection Reggie Bush, guiding team to a 25-1 record during last twoseasons, earning team MVP, National Football Foundation and Hallof Fame Scholar-Athlete honors twice. Also voted two-time conferenceOffensive POY and team captain in both his junior and senioryears.• Served as class president and graduated 13th in a class of 430.• Alex’s wife, Elizabeth, is a Morgan Hill, CA, native and is currentlyattending culinary school. The couple has a son, Hudson.• Alex is one of four children to Pam and Doug Smith. Doug is retiredafter serving as the principal at Alex’s alma mater Helix HS in SanDiego. He also served as the school’s football coach after havingplayed center at Weber State in Utah. Pam is currently a deputydirector in the county of San Diego working in the areas of agingand individual services as well as protective services overseeingone-fourth of the county.• Credits his father for instilling a tremendous work ethic in him. “Hemade me mentally tough and taught me to be an even-keeled logicalthinker. I am a very rational person because of how he raised me.”• After being coached by his father in high school, he credits his collegecoaches Urban Meyer and Dan Mullen for shaping him into theplayer he is today. Meyer was the head coach at Utah and Florida.He currently is a college football analyst for ESPN. Mullen was theQBs coach at Utah and is now the head coach at Mississippi State.• His older brother, Josh, holds a PhD in epidemiology, the study offactors affecting health and illness of populations. His sister, Abbey,is a 5th grade teacher while his other sister, Mackenzie, works for acongressman currently pursuing a senate seat.• Enjoys traveling any chance he gets. He and his wife enjoyed a Europeanvacation in 2010, including a stint in London during the SuperBowl when he promoted the 49ers game in London versus theBroncos in October 2010.• His favorite hobby is reading. He owns a Kindle wireless reading devicewhich he has loaded up with fiction novels. “I love to read whenI’m traveling, but not on game trips. I don’t do anything but relax andlook at my playbook when we go on the road.”• Born Alexander D. Smith (5/7/84) in Seattle, WA.• Earned degree in economics.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS \\140// MEDIA GUIDE