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Bruce Smith

Bruce Bernard Smith

Position: DE
Height: 6-4    Weight: 262 lbs.
Born: June 18, 1963 in Norfolk, VA
College: Virginia Tech

11-time Pro Bowler & 8-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1985 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1985 22 BUF RDE 16 13 6.5 0 0 4 0 0 48
1986 23 BUF RDE 16 15 15.0 3 0 0 0 0 63
1987*+ 24 BUF RDE 12 12 12.0 3 0 2 15 1 78
1988*+ 25 BUF RDE 12 12 11.0 3 0 0 0 0 56 1
1989* 26 BUF RDE 16 16 13.0 88
1990*+ 27 BUF RDE 16 16 19.0 4 0 0 0 0 101
1991 28 BUF rde 5 5 1.5 18
1992* 29 BUF RDE 15 15 14.0 3 0 0 0 0 89
1993*+ 30 BUF RDE 16 16 14.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 108
1994*+ 31 BUF RDE 15 15 10.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 57 24
1995*+ 32 BUF RDE 15 15 10.5 1 0 1 0 0 52 22
1996*+ 33 BUF RDE 16 16 13.5 5 0 1 0 0 69 21
1997*+ 34 BUF RDE 16 16 14.0 49 16
1998* 35 BUF RDE 15 15 10.0 2 0 2 18 0 35 15
1999 36 BUF RDE 16 16 7.0 3 0 1 0 0 30 15
2000 37 WAS RDE 16 16 10.0 5 0 0 0 0 50 8 1
2001 38 WAS RDE 14 14 5.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 33 9
2002 39 WAS RDE 16 16 9.0 37 12
2003 40 WAS LDE 16 8 5.0 17 5
Career 279 267 200.0 2 0 0 0 2 43 0 15 33 1 1078 147 2
15 yrs BUF 217 213 171.0 2 0 0 0 35 0 14 33 1 941 113 1
4 yrs WAS 62 54 29.0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 1 0 0 137 34 1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1987*+ 24 BUF RDE 12 12 1 6
1988*+ 25 BUF RDE 12 12 1 2
2000 37 WAS RDE 16 16 1 2
Career 279 267 1 2 10
15 yrs BUF 217 213 1 1 8
4 yrs WAS 62 54 1 2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1987
1988
1989
1990
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998

1st-team All-Pro

1987
1988
1990
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997

Non-Offensive TDs

1987 NFL 1 (6)

Games

Career 279 (11)

Games Started

Career 267 (4)

Playoff Games

Career 20 (49)

Playoff Games Started

Career 20 (13)

Fumble Return TD

1987 NFL 1 (1)

Sacks

1986 NFL 15.0 (5-- 54)
1987 NFL 12.0 (4)
1989 NFL 13.0 (9)
1990 NFL 19.0 (2-- 8)
1992 NFL 14.0 (9-- 86)
1993 NFL 14.0 (2-- 86)
1996 NFL 13.5 (2)
1997 NFL 14.0 (3-- 86)
Career 200.0 (1)

Safeties

1988 NFL 1 (2-- 16)
2000 NFL 1 (1-- 16)
Career 2 (20)

   

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1986 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1987 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1987 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1987 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1987 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1987 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1987 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1987 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1988 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1988 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1988 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1988 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1988 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1988 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1988 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1989 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1989 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1989 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1989 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1990 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1990 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1992 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1992 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1992 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1992 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1992 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1993 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1993 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1993 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1994 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1994 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1994 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1994 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1994 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1995 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1995 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1995 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1995 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1995 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1996 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1996 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1996 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1996 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1997 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1997 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1997 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1997 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL
1998 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL