DeVonta Smith’s surprising take on winning the Super Bowl feels just “eh”

26-year-old DeVonta Smith, a former Alabama Crimson Tide player, has won the national championship at the collegiate level twice.

DeVonta Smith’s surprising take on winning the Super Bowl feels just “eh”

DeVonta Smith (Image via Athlon Sports)

On February 9, the Philadelphia Eagles got the better of the Kansas City Chiefs at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, to win their second Super Bowl. The victory was a sweet revenge for the humbling loss two years ago in Glendale.

Among the star-studded cast was DeVonta Smith, a 26-year-old from Louisiana, who became the fifth football player to win the Super Bowl, National Championship at the collegiate level, and a Heisman Trophy. Smith won two collegiate titles, once in 2017 and again in 2020. In 2020, he also triumphed over Trevor Lawrence and Mac Jones to win the Heisman Trophy.

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DeVonta Smith completed the tri-honor, joining Charles Woodson, Reggie Bush, Marcus Allen, and Tony Dorsett last month. However, he wasn’t feeling the joy factor at all.

Speaking on the podcast “7PM in Brooklyn”, Smith admitted that he didn’t feel anything after winning the ring. He admitted that he thinks it might be because he played the Super Bowl in his hometown, in addition to the fact that he has won two national championships as well.

I’m gonna be real with you…For me, you know, I’ve played at the biggest game on every stage…I think for me, the Super Bowl, it felt like that just because I was at home. It was just the emotion of me being home, but like once we won, it was just kinda like, eh.

DeVonta Smith quipped

He had previously commented that the Brazil game also didn’t capture his attention that much. Seems like a pattern for Smith now.

In the past four years, DeVonta Smith has proved his critics wrong, who thought he was too small to play in the NFL, with admonishing numbers. He has played 63 games, starting in 62 of them, and recorded 4011 receiving yards from 308 receptions and scored 27 touchdowns. In nine playoff games, he has 595 receiving yards from 43 receptions and two TDs.

In the Super Bowl LIX, Smith caught a 46-yard touchdown pass from the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback and confidante Jalen Hurts in the third quarter. The TD pass made him the first Alabama Crimson Tide alumnus to record a Super Bowl touchdown pass as well.

DeVonta Smith on being the No. 1 college football turned NFL receiver

In the same podcast episode, DeVonta Smith answered yet another question while making a somewhat bold admission about his legacy. The wideout from Louisiana, along with AJ Brown, is considered the most dangerous wide receiver group in the league, except for Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase.

AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith
AJ Brown and DeVonta Smith (Image via The NY Times)

When asked whether he’s the best wide receiver in college football history, Smith didn’t skip a beat to admit that he’s the best.

I’ll say yeah….I know I was cooking…Out of (the four receivers who won the Heisman), I’m No. 1.

DeVonta Smith added

Despite many big names in the wideout category, no one was able to win the coveted Heisman Trophy. Smith broke the almost three-decade standing drought with the win in 2020.

The last wideout to win before Smith was Desmond Ridder, who won the trophy in 1991. Johnny Rodgers of Nebraska and Tim Brown of Notre Dame were the first and second ones to win in 1972 and 1987, respectively. DeVonta Smith has a greater margin of success compared with the other winners. Added that, he cracked the code and won, arguably making one of the best wideouts in college football history.

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