Eugene Smoothie

Eugene Smoothie

Eugene Smoothie
No. 21 – Philadelphia Liberty
Position:	Safety
Personal information
Born:	(2001-01-01)January 1, 2001 (aged 60) Canmore, Canada
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
College:	University of California
Career history
Roster status:	Active

Eugene Smoothie (born January 1, 2001) is an American football safety for the Philadelphia Liberty of the International Simulation Football League (ISFL).

Early years

Eugene was born in small town of Canmore, Alberta on January 1, 2001 to a Vietnamese immigrant family. His father, Thanh Truoc and mother, Vinh Vuong had been together in Ho Chi Minh city before separately immigrating to Canada and meeting up again. Eugene is the youngest of three siblings that were all born in Canada. He spent most of his time living in the outskirts in rural Alberta, only picking up American Football as a hobby when his family moved to Calgary. Originally he had only spend time playing competitive hockey from age 8 to 15. After becoming part of the high school team at Bishop Caroll High School, Eugene opted against enrolling in the junior hockey draft and chose to continue as part of the local football community team in further finding more time and enjoyment in the new sport. He was then invited to attend the DSFL Draft Combine as part of a friend's recommendation to scouting groups in the DSFL organization

College career

"Smoothie chose to attend the University of California, Los Angeles where he majored in Psychology and spent time trying to find his place on the UCLA Bruins Football team. As a true freshman in 2019, Eugene rarely found himself regular playing time, often spending more time on the bench rather than on the field. He entered UCLA after moving to the States and living with relatives. Finding little opportunity to demonstrate his talents with the Bruins organization, he decided to forgo his eligibility early to declare for the DSFL draft. Due to the lack of his playing time and history with football, there is very little scouting report on the amount of play time beyond a few glimpses. From what he had demonstrated, it didn't appear as if Smoothie was out of place regardless of the scheme or play and showed his flexibility in being able to manage minimal expectations."

College career statistics

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Professional career

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40‑yd dash	20‑ss	3‑cone	Vert jump	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	4.28 s	4.12 s	7.18 s	30.8 in (0.78 m)	131.2 ft 131.2 in (43.32 m)	22 reps	17

DSFL: Myrtle Beach Buccaneers

Approaching the S22 DSFL Draft, Eugene Smoothie found himself with limited contact and interest from majority of the DSFL teams. Knowing that between the massive Tight End class the season before as well as the intense competition for the position despite limited spots, Smoothie would have to face the reality of sitting on the bottom of a team's depth chart. That would have been the case were it not for the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers seeing the defensive latent talent in Smoothie, looking to take advantage of his speed and strength to be converted to the Safety position. The Buccaneers selected Smoothie at the end of the 4th round at 32nd overall and began transitioning him to the defensive back role.

In spite of the rushed transition and developing the skill set necessary for the opposite side of the field, Smoothie took to the Strong Safety position quickly, solidifying himself as a regular starter after receiving Defensive Player of the Game in Week 1 against the Portland Pythons. He recorded 5 tackles, 2 sacks 1 PD and 1 INT in his debut game. The rest of the season was relatively quiet in comparison ending with 71 tackles (3rd on the team), 1 TFL (T-4th on team), 7 sacks (2nd on team), 2 INT (T-1st on team) and 3 Pass Deflections (5th on team) as the starting Strong Safety in every game for the Buccaneers. Smoothie regularly found himself participating more in the latter half of games attributing his success to his fitness as one of his strengths compared to his peers.

Unfortunately with the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers losing their final must win game against the Norfolk Seawolves for the final playoff spot, Smoothie found himself missing out on the playoffs in his rookie season.

ISFL: Philadelphia Liberty

Prior to the S23 ISFL Draft, Eugene found himself mocked with frequency in the first twelve picks with the label "First Round Talent" as well as playing in a position of need for many teams. However with other rookie defensive backs that had shown more development and results either from a result of more experience or a better season, it was more likely that Smoothie was going to be at the end of the First Round if at all. When the S23 ISFL Draft arrived, the Philadelphia Liberty traded up four spots from 18th overall to 14th overall (2nd pick in the Second Round) to snatch the Safety from Myrtle Beach who fell out of the First Round. He signed a three year deal worth 10M.

There was some uncertainty after the dust had settled about Smoothie's future but he had opted to join the ISFL immediately. Initially the discussion had been that Smoothie might see himself playing cornerback to replace the aging D'Attoria V but by the time the regular season rolled around, Smoothie found himself in his familiar spot of Strong Safety. As a regular starter in that position, he had put up a respectable 86 tackles (4th on the team), 1 sack (11th on the team), 5 pass deflections (4th on the team) and 2 interceptions (tied for 2nd on the team). His biggest performance came in at Week 12 where he and the rest of the Liberty defense put up a dominant performance against the Colorado Yeti, with Smoothie recording 8 tackles, half of which were drive stoppers.

Coming into his sophomore season with the Liberty in S24, Smoothie looked poised to take a step forward in becoming a star in his position with the renowned Liberty secondary. Unfortunately for the team, not much went well this season, on both sides of the ball. As well in swapping between the Strong and Free Safety positions amongst his talented teammates, Smoothie was generally the man in the box or the underneath coverage man. Smoothie put up 95 tackles, 4th most on the team and 2nd amongst defensive backs. The defensive coordinator found Smoothie to be involved in the passing game in different forms with more sacks this season (4, tied for 3rd on the team) but whether by design or unfortunate chances could not prevent receptions with only 2 deflections and 0 interceptions. As a callback to his rookie season in the DSFL, Smoothie's involvement in blitzes showed that his preference for being a rare and weird defensive back rusher may be something to consider for the future. Smoothie's strongest performance came at a close 25-22 loss against the Hahalua where he had 8 tackles, and 1 sack. One of the more significant improvements in Smoothie's performance overall this season was his ability to not take penalties, having only 1 all season; for Too many men on the field in Week 4 against the Butchers. Beyond that, Smoothie was spotless in every other game regardless of home-field advantage or not. He also collected his first forced fumble in Week 10 against the Orange County Otters and a first career fumble recovery in Week 1 against the Yellowknife Wraiths.

DSFL career statistics

Career statistics			Tackles				Coverage		Safeties	Touchdowns
Season	Team	Games	Tck	TFL	FF/FR	Sck	Int	PD	Sfty	TD
2037 (S22)	Buccaneers	14	71	1	0/0	7	2	3	0	0

ISFL career statistics

Career statistics			Tackles				Coverage		Safeties	Touchdowns
Season	Team	Games	Tck	TFL	FF/FR	Sck	Int	PD	Sfty	TD
2038 (S23)	Liberty	16	86	0	0/0	1	2	5	0	0
2039 (S24)	Liberty	16	95	0	1/1	4	0	2	0	0

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