Kavosiey Smoke is the type of name headline writers dream of.
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“Pass the Kavosiey,” “Smoke has speed to burn” and “They don’t want this Smoke” were just a few of the suggestions floating around Twitter Saturday as the Kentucky redshirt freshman running back totaled 78 yards and one touchdown on seven carries.
Combined with his cameo in the Wildcats’ 2018 blowout of rival Louisville, Smoke is now averaging 11.2 yards per carry in his career. Keep up that pace and Smoke’s profile will only grow, earning him a spot on the list of best names in college football.
Only he prefers his name was something a little less original.
“Just say Smoke,” the Wetumpka, Alabama, native said during preseason camp. “That’s what I tell people — call me Smoke — because I don’t like it when people call my name wrong. That makes me kind of mad. People know my name, but they say it wrong still. I just like to be called Smoke.”
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Smoke is unsure why his mother named him Kavosiey (pronounced kah-VAH-see-ay), but sometimes he wishes she’d picked a more traditional option.
Jokes comparing his first name to the Courvoisier brand of cognac have contributed to Smoke’s desire to be known by his last name, which he also lists as his nickname in his UK media guide bio.
“I don’t like my name kind of,” he said. “… I’m like, ‘Why can’t I have a common name?’ This name is so hard, complicated.”
Kavosiey Smoke Real Name
Smoke is unsure why his mother named him Kavosiey (pronounced kah-VAH-see-ay), but sometimes he wishes she’d picked a more traditional option.
While his first name (pronounced kah-VAH-see-ay) sounds like the Courvoisier brand of cognac, he is not named after the alcohol.
Kavosiey Smoke Age
Kavosiey Smoke is 21 years old as of 2021. He was born on 08 Feb in the United States.
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Kavosiey Smoke Parents
Kavosiey Smoke’s parents’ names are Helen Smoke and Bobby Bentley.
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Kavosiey Smoke Stats
Career Stats
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST | CAR |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 58 | 277 | 4.8 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 81 | 416 | 5.1 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 47 | 229 | 4.9 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 101 | 616 | 6.1 | 6 | 70 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kavosiey Smoke NFL
Former Wildcats’ running back Kavosiey Smoke announced on social media on Wednesday that he is heading west to join Colorado to play under new head coach Deion Sanders.
Kavosiey Smoke Draft
Kentucky running back Kavosiey Smoke has entered the transfer portal as a graduate transfer after spending five seasons in Lexington We wait to see where Kavosiey Smoke could be drafted in the 2024 NFL mock draft.
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