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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

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2009

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

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Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1985 22 BUF RDE 78 16 13 6.5 0 0 4 0 0 48
1986 23 BUF RDE 78 16 15 15.0 3 0 0 0 0 63
1987*+ 24 BUF RDE 78 12 12 12.0 3 0 2 15 1 78
1988*+ 25 BUF RDE 78 12 12 11.0 3 0 0 0 0 56 1
1989* 26 BUF RDE 78 16 16 13.0 88
1990*+ 27 BUF RDE 78 16 16 19.0 4 0 0 0 0 101
1991 28 BUF rde 78 5 5 1.5 18
1992* 29 BUF RDE 78 15 15 14.0 3 0 0 0 0 89
1993*+ 30 BUF RDE 78 16 16 14.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 108
1994*+ 31 BUF RDE 78 15 15 10.0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 57 24
1995*+ 32 BUF RDE 78 15 15 10.5 1 0 1 0 0 52 22
1996*+ 33 BUF RDE 78 16 16 13.5 5 0 1 0 0 69 21
1997*+ 34 BUF RDE 78 16 16 14.0 49 16
1998* 35 BUF RDE 78 15 15 10.0 2 0 2 18 0 35 15
1999 36 BUF RDE 78 16 16 7.0 3 0 1 0 0 30 15
2000 37 WAS RDE 78 16 16 10.0 5 0 0 0 0 50 8 1
2001 38 WAS RDE 78 14 14 5.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 33 9
2002 39 WAS RDE 78 16 16 9.0 37 12
2003 40 WAS LDE 78 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 · GameLog · Playoffs
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1987*+ 24 BUF RDE 78 12 12 1 6
1988*+ 25 BUF RDE 78 12 12 1 2
2000 37 WAS RDE 78 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

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

1st-team All-Pro

1987
1988
1990
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997

Non-Offensive TDs

1987 NFL 1 (6)

Games

Career 279 (13)

Games Started

Career 267 (5)

Playoff Games

Career 20 (50)

Playoff Games Started

Career 20 (14)

Fumble Return TD

1987 NFL 1 (1)

Sacks

1986 NFL 15.0 (5-- 58)
1987 NFL 12.0 (4)
1989 NFL 13.0 (9)
1990 NFL 19.0 (2-- 9)
1992 NFL 14.0 (9-- 92)
1993 NFL 14.0 (2-- 92)
1996 NFL 13.5 (2)
1997 NFL 14.0 (3-- 92)
Career 200.0 (1)

Safeties

1988 NFL 1 (2-- 18)
2000 NFL 1 (1-- 18)
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