Dennis Smith

Dennis Smith

Position: DB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: February 3, 1959 in Santa Monica, CA
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 1st round (15th overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 72 (546th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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

All-Time Rank: #556. Keith Brooking… #557. Butch Byrd… #558. Frank Ryan… #559. DENNIS SMITH… #560. Bob Golic… #561. LeRoy Irvin… #562. Craig Morton…

All-Time Rank: #556. Keith Brooking… #557. Butch Byrd… #558. Frank Ryan… #559. DENNIS SMITH… #560. Bob Golic… #561. LeRoy Irvin… #562. Craig Morton…

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
1981	22	DEN		49	16	4		1	65	0	65	0	0	0	2	0	0	45	0		4
1982	23	DEN	SS	49	8	8	2.0	1	29	0	29	0						65	0		5
1983	24	DEN	SS	49	14	13	5.0	4	39	0	23	0						114	0		6
1984	25	DEN	SS	49	15	15	1.0	3	13	0	10	0	0	0	1	64	1	92	0		9
1985*	26	DEN	SS	49	13	12	4.0	3	46	0	39	0						66	0		7
1986*	27	DEN	SS	49	14	14	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	88	0		7
1987	28	DEN	SS	49	6	6		2	21	0	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	35	0		4
1988	29	DEN	SS	49	11	11	1.0						0	0	2	0	0	106	0		5
1989*	30	DEN	SS	49	14	14		2	78	0	50	0	0	0	3	0	0	82	0		13
1990*	31	DEN	SS	49	15	15		1	13	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	110	0		7
1991*	32	DEN	SS	49	16	16		5	60	0	39	0	0	0	1	5	0	110	0		10
1992	33	DEN	SS	49	16	16		4	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	120	0		7
1993*	34	DEN	SS	49	14	14		3	57	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	96	0		9
1994	35	DEN	FS	49	12	12	1.0						0	0	1	0	0	23	6		4
Career					184	170	15.0	30	431	0	65	0	1	0	17	69	1	1152	6		97

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
1984	25	DEN	SS	49	15	15					1			1					6
Career					184	170					1			1					6

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Delles Howell, Jeremiah Castille, Willie Alexander, Doug Wyatt, Sammy Knight, Ray Horton, Hugo Hollas, Mike Doss, Don Burroughs, Keith Bostic
4	Jarvis Williams, Gary Green, Vernon Perry, Vestee Jackson, Mark Collins, Jack Dwyer, Spider Lockhart, Roland James, Vencie Glenn, Bennie Blades
5	Terry Kinard, Dick Jauron, Mario Clark, Dave Waymer, Virgil Livers, Fernando Bryant, Gary Green, Randy Logan, Bruce Laird, Neal Craig
6	Terry Kinard, Terence Newman, Tom Pridemore, Robert Blackmon, Gary Glick, Dewayne Washington, Mario Clark, Dave Waymer, Kevin Ross, Mark Cotney
7	Tom Pridemore, Ken Lucas, Gene Atkins, Bobby Hunt, Bruce Laird, Dick Jauron, Terry Kinard, Robert Blackmon, Roland James, Dave Waymer
8	Tom Pridemore, Bobby Hunt, Ken Lucas, Dick Jauron, Robert Blackmon, Gene Atkins, Brent Alexander, Mark Collins, Roland James, John Harris
9	Dave Waymer, Louis Breeden, Roynell Young, Irv Cross, Mark A. Carrier, Blaine Bishop, Jerry Stovall, Ray Buchanan, Tony Greene, Troy Vincent
10	Dave Waymer, Gill Byrd, Irv Cross, Randy Logan, Kevin Ross, Lawyer Milloy, Blaine Bishop, Wes Hopkins, Mark A. Carrier, Glen Edwards
11	Randy Logan, Bobby Bryant, Dave Waymer, Lawyer Milloy, Mark A. Carrier, Gill Byrd, Darren Woodson, Jerry Norton, Kevin Ross, Eugene Robinson
12	Dave Waymer, Bobby Bryant, Randy Logan, Pat Fischer, Lawyer Milloy, Mark A. Carrier, Eugene Robinson, Aaron Glenn, Kevin Ross, Darren Woodson
13	Pat Fischer, Bobby Bryant, Lawyer Milloy, Randy Logan, Dave Waymer, Darren Sharper, Eugene Robinson, Rosey Taylor, Everson Walls, Tim McDonald
14	Pat Fischer, Lawyer Milloy, Randy Logan, Bobby Bryant, Eugene Robinson, Dave Waymer, Darren Sharper, Raymond Clayborn, Ken Riley, Rosey Taylor
Career	Lawyer Milloy, Bobby Bryant, Randy Logan, Dave Waymer, Darren Sharper, Pat Fischer, Rosey Taylor, Kevin Ross, Dick LeBeau*, Everson Walls

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1985 1986 1989 1990 1991 1993	Fumbles Recovered Career 17 (156)	Fumble Return Yds 1984 NFL 64 (4)	Fumble Return TD 1984 NFL 1 (1)
Interceptions 1991 NFL 5 (8) Career 30 (195)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1984	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1984	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1984	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1985	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1986	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1986	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1989	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1989	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1989	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press

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