Bruce Smith

Bruce Bernard Smith

Position: DE
Height: 6-4 Weight: 262 lbs.

Born: June 18, 1963 in Norfolk, VA
College: Virginia Tech (school history)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 147 (7th overall since 1950)
11-time Pro Bowler & 8-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2009

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Hall of Fame

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Fine Details · Last updated Nov 9, 2011 3:32PM

All-Time Rank: #21. Marshall Faulk… #22. Mike Singletary… #23. Bob Lilly… #24. BRUCE SMITH… #25. Y.A. Tittle… #26. Eric Dickerson… #27. Lance Alworth…

All-Time Rank: #21. Marshall Faulk… #22. Mike Singletary… #23. Bob Lilly… #24. BRUCE SMITH… #25. Y.A. Tittle… #26. Eric Dickerson… #27. Lance Alworth…

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty	AV
1985	22	BUF	RDE	78	16	13	6.5						0	0	4	0	0	48	0		7
1986	23	BUF	RDE	78	16	15	15.0						3	0	0	0	0	63	0		7
1987*+	24	BUF	RDE	78	12	12	12.0						3	0	2	15	1	78	0		15
1988*+	25	BUF	RDE	78	12	12	11.0						3	0	0	0	0	56	0	1	14
1989*	26	BUF	RDE	78	16	16	13.0											88	0		15
1990*+	27	BUF	RDE	78	16	16	19.0						4	0	0	0	0	101	0		16
1991	28	BUF	rde	78	5	5	1.5											18	0		2
1992*	29	BUF	RDE	78	15	15	14.0						3	0	0	0	0	89	0		14
1993*+	30	BUF	RDE	78	16	16	14.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	108	0		18
1994*+	31	BUF	RDE	78	15	15	10.0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	57	24		13
1995*+	32	BUF	RDE	78	15	15	10.5						1	0	1	0	0	52	22		16
1996*+	33	BUF	RDE	78	16	16	13.5						5	0	1	0	0	69	21		21
1997*+	34	BUF	RDE	78	16	16	14.0											49	16		14
1998*	35	BUF	RDE	78	15	15	10.0						2	0	2	18	0	35	15		11
1999	36	BUF	RDE	78	16	16	7.0						3	0	1	0	0	30	15		10
2000	37	WAS	RDE	78	16	16	10.0						5	0	0	0	0	50	8	1	10
2001	38	WAS	RDE	78	14	14	5.0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	33	9		7
2002	39	WAS	RDE	78	16	16	9.0											37	12		8
2003	40	WAS	LDE	78	16	8	5.0											17	5		4
Career					279	267	200.0	2	0	0	0	2	43	0	15	33	1	1078	147	2	222
15 yrs		BUF			217	213	171.0	2	0	0	0	0	35	0	14	33	1	941	113	1	193
4 yrs		WAS			62	54	29.0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	1	0	0	137	34	1	29

Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1985	22	BUF	RDE	78	16	13	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	0
Career					279	267	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0								0	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	AllTD	Sfty	Pts
1987*+	24	BUF	RDE	78	12	12	1	1		6
1988*+	25	BUF	RDE	78	12	12			1	2
2000	37	WAS	RDE	78	16	16			1	2
Career					279	267	1	1	2	10
15 yrs		BUF			217	213	1	1	1	8
4 yrs		WAS			62	54			1	2

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Bill Maas, Alex Karras, Julius Peppers, Haloti Ngata, Warren Sapp, John Henderson, Mike Reid, Jack Youngblood*, Dwight White, Leonard Marshall
4	Julius Peppers, Haloti Ngata, Alex Karras, Dwight White, Warren Sapp, Mike Reid, Richard Seymour, Leonard Marshall, Jack Youngblood*, Louie Kelcher
5	Alex Karras, Julius Peppers, Richard Seymour, Dwight Freeney, Dwight White, Chris Doleman, Warren Sapp, Chester McGlockton, Bill Stanfill, John Henderson
6	Richard Seymour, Julius Peppers, Bob Lilly, Andy Robustelli, Warren Sapp, Bob Baumhower, Jared Allen, Kevin Williams, Jason Taylor, Chris Doleman
7	Alex Karras, John Randle, Richard Seymour, Gene Brito, Doug Atkins, Bob Lilly, Julius Peppers, Rulon Jones, Richard Dent, Lee Roy Selmon*
8	Alex Karras, John Randle, Doug Atkins, Gene Brito, Julius Peppers, Richard Dent, Ray Childress, Bob Lilly, Richard Seymour, Henry Jordan*
9	John Randle, Bob Lilly, Alex Karras, Bob Baumhower, Julius Peppers, Willie Davis, Ray Childress, Henry Jordan, Deacon Jones, Dan Hampton
10	Jack Youngblood, Alex Karras, Willie Davis, Bob Lilly, Henry Jordan, Dan Hampton, John Randle, Jason Taylor, Deacon Jones*, Michael Strahan
11	Bob Lilly, Jack Youngblood, Michael Strahan, Doug Atkins, Alex Karras, Randy White, Willie Davis, Gino Marchetti, Dan Hampton*, Jason Taylor
12	Jack Youngblood, Andy Robustelli, Randy White, Bob Lilly, Jason Taylor, Gino Marchetti, Joe Greene, Michael Strahan, Warren Sapp, Willie Davis*
13	Andy Robustelli, Jack Youngblood, Bob Lilly, Randy White, Joe Greene, Gino Marchetti, Michael Strahan, Jason Taylor, Merlin Olsen*, Alex Karras
14	Andy Robustelli, Jack Youngblood, Bob Lilly, Joe Greene, Gino Marchetti, Merlin Olsen, Michael Strahan, Randy White, Jason Taylor, Reggie White
15	Andy Robustelli, Bob Lilly, Jack Youngblood, Merlin Olsen, Joe Greene, Michael Strahan, Gino Marchetti, Reggie White, Randy White, Jason Taylor
16	Andy Robustelli, Merlin Olsen, Bob Lilly, Jack Youngblood, Reggie White, Joe Greene, Michael Strahan, Gino Marchetti, Doug Atkins, Carl Eller*
17	Andy Robustelli, Merlin Olsen, Bob Lilly, Jack Youngblood, Reggie White, Joe Greene, Gino Marchetti, Michael Strahan, Doug Atkins, Carl Eller*
18	Andy Robustelli, Merlin Olsen, Bob Lilly, Jack Youngblood, Reggie White, Joe Greene, Gino Marchetti, Doug Atkins, Michael Strahan, Carl Eller*
19	Andy Robustelli, Merlin Olsen, Bob Lilly, Jack Youngblood, Reggie White, Joe Greene, Gino Marchetti, Doug Atkins, Michael Strahan, Carl Eller*
Career	Andy Robustelli, Merlin Olsen, Bob Lilly, Jack Youngblood, Reggie White, Joe Greene, Gino Marchetti, Doug Atkins, Michael Strahan, Carl Eller*

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Awards 1990 NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year 1996 NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year	Pro Bowls 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998	First-Team All-Pro 1987 1988 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997	Approximate Value 1987 NFL 15 (5) 1993 NFL 18 (5) 1995 NFL 16 (9) 1996 NFL 21 (1/45) Career 222 (5)
Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 147 (7)	Non-Offensive TDs 1987 NFL 1 (6)	Games Career 279 (16)	Games Started Career 267 (5)
Playoff Games Career 20 (51)	Playoff Games Started Career 20 (14)	Fumble Return TD 1987 NFL 1 (1)	Sacks 1986 NFL 15.0 (5/60) 1987 NFL 12.0 (4) 1989 NFL 13.0 (9) 1990 NFL 19.0 (2/9) 1992 NFL 14.0 (9/98) 1993 NFL 14.0 (2/98) 1996 NFL 13.5 (2) 1997 NFL 14.0 (3/98) Career 200.0 (1)
Safeties 1988 NFL 1 (2/19) 2000 NFL 1 (1/19) Career 2 (23)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1986	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1987	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1987	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1987	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1987	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1987	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1987	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1987	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1988	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1988	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1988	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1989	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1989	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1989	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1989	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1990	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1990	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1990	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1990	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1990	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1990	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1990	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1992	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1992	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1992	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1992	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1992	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1993	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1993	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1993	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1993	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1993	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1994	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1994	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1994	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1994	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1994	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1995	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1995	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1995	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1995	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1995	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1996	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1996	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1996	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1996	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1996	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1997	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1997	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1997	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1997	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1998	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

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