Jerry Rice has his hill. Cris Carter has his high-speed treadmills. And Richard Smith has his sandpit.

	Santana Moss leads an explosine Miami offense

Richard Who has his what?

Don't worry. This fall, you'll know his name and his game. While Arkansas coaches whisper that Smith may become the best receiver in school history, the redshirt freshman is trying to crack the lineup of the Razorbacks' storied track team as a long and triple jumper. In the process, he's making huge strides as a football prospect.

"The triple jump requires great footwork, body control and concentration," explains John McDonnell, who has coached Arkansas track and field to 34 NCAA titles. "You can't look at the board. Everything has to be precise. That's also the focus and explosiveness needed to be a great route runner."

Smith is one of five Razorback gridders who also run indoor track, a winter pastime that is fast becoming popular with football programs across the country. Football players have run four of the 12 fastest 60-meter sprints this indoor season. And the top three 4x100 outdoor relay teams last spring -- Florida, TCU and USC -- all had at least one runner who wore full pads last fall.

But no program has gotten on track like Miami. Football coach Butch Davis, a former prep track coach, has 20 players who are also on Miami's 30-man track team. Sandwiching indoor and outdoor track around spring football makes for an intense week -- players square off in seven-on-seven football three days, with Tuesdays and Thursdays devoted to sprints. But the system works so well that every healthy Miami receiver trains in the track program.

Davis first approached Miami track coach Mike Ward in 1997 to work with Edgerrin James. "He'd been caught from behind three times during his freshman year," Davis recalls. "Then he trained with the track guys -- and he was never caught from behind again."

Ward also helps Davis chase down recruits: He tipped off the coach to Scott Puckett, a discus thrower from Texas who could start at center this fall. Last spring, RB Najeh Davenport (sprints), WR Daryl Jones (sprints), WR Aaron Moser (decathlon), WR Santana Moss (sprints/jumps), SS Ed Reed (javelin) and CB Mike Rumph (jumps) scored 65 of 69 points as Miami placed fourth at the Big East Outdoor Championships. Once freshman CB Tory Mitchell, who ran 100 meters in 10.12 seconds as a prep senior and enrolled in January, is in top shape, the 'Canes should really kick into high gear -- both on the track and on the field.