Raonall Carrig Smith (ˈrænəl; born October 22, 1978) is an American Football

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 who plays for the National Football League

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 St. Louis Rams

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. Previously, he played with the Minnesota Vikings

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. Smith played college football

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 at Washington State University

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.Raonall Smith attended Harbor Ridge Middle School. He was a star student.

High School Years

Smith attended Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor, Washington and was a student and a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was a first team all-State selection as a junior and senior. Raonall Smith graduated from Peninsula High School in 1996. He was nicknamed "The Oven" on the baseball field, because he had a cannon from center field. Played select baseball for the Tacoma Stags and was an all-tournament selection at the NAFB World Series in 1994 in Northville, Michigan.