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5 Late-Round Quarterbacks to Target on Draft Day

JJ Zachariason  —  @LateRoundQB Aug 4th, 2014
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Alex Smith, Kansas City Chiefs

In case you missed it, Alex Smith rushed for 431 yards last year. You can hate on his small hands, his tendency to dump the ball off to Jamaal Charles and his general mediocre play at the position. But don’t ignore Alex Smith in fantasy football, mostly thanks to the Konami Code.

Last year, Smith finished with the 17th-ranked Passing NEP score in the league. But in terms of Rushing NEP, baby hands had the fifth-highest score. That ability to run with the football pushed Smith to high-end QB2 territory, finishing the season as the 13th-best fantasy quarterback.

Smith brings a good mix of weekly consistency and upside to your fantasy squad. He ended the 2014 season with as many top-12 weekly performances at the position as Nick Foles, Philip Rivers and Russell Wilson, and in terms of top-6 performances, Smith had as many as Andrew Luck, Colin Kaepernick and Matthew Stafford.

According to FantasyFootballCalculator.com, Alex Smith is free, because teams aren’t even drafting him. That’s a mistake.

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