J.D. Smith

J.D. Smith Jr.

Position: FB-HB-DB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 205 lbs.

Born: July 19, 1932 in Plainville, SC
College: North Carolina A&T
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 15th round (179th overall) of the 1955 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 63 (877th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated May 25, 2013 8:25AM

All-Time Rank: #1028. Fred Williamson… #1029. Robert Griffith… #1030. Rubin Carter… #1031. J.D. SMITH… #1032. Dave Edwards… #1033. Keith Traylor… #1034. Bill Simpson…

All-Time Rank: #1028. Fred Williamson… #1029. Robert Griffith… #1030. Rubin Carter… #1031. J.D. SMITH… #1032. Dave Edwards… #1033. Keith Traylor… #1034. Bill Simpson…

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	AV
1956	24	2TM			11		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0	0	0	8
		SFO		24	5		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0	0	0	1
		CHI	RS	39	6		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0	0	0	7
1957	25	SFO	LDH	24	12		0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0								0	0	0	5
1958	26	SFO	KR	24	12		26	209	3	80	8.0	17.4	2.2	6	59	9.8	0	23	0.5	4.9	268	3	3	1
1959*	27	SFO	LH	24	12		207	1036	10	73	5.0	86.3	17.3	13	133	10.2	1	21	1.1	11.1	1169	11	3	11
1960	28	SFO	FB/lh	24	12	12	174	780	5	41	4.5	65.0	14.5	36	181	5.0	1	21	3.0	15.1	961	6	1	11
1961	29	SFO	LH	24	14	12	167	823	8	33	4.9	58.8	11.9	28	343	12.3	1	57	2.0	24.5	1166	9	3	13
1962*	30	SFO	FB	24	14	14	258	907	6	28	3.5	64.8	18.4	21	197	9.4	1	47	1.5	14.1	1104	7	1	13
1963	31	SFO	FB	24	14	13	162	560	5	52	3.5	40.0	11.6	17	196	11.5	1	40	1.2	14.0	756	6	4	7
1964	32	SFO		24	2		13	55	0	16	4.2	27.5	6.5								55	0	0	0
1965	33	DAL	fb	24	14	3	86	295	2	24	3.4	21.1	6.1	5	10	2.0	1	5	0.4	0.7	305	3	2	4
1966	34	DAL		24	14		7	7	1	2	1.0	0.5	0.5	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.2	10	1	0	1
Career					131	54	1100	4672	40	80	4.2	35.7	8.4	127	1122	8.8	6	57	1.0	8.6	5794	46	17	74
9 yrs		SFO			97	51	1007	4370	37	80	4.3	45.1	10.4	121	1109	9.2	5	57	1.2	11.4	5479	42	15	62
2 yrs		DAL			28	3	93	302	3	24	3.2	10.8	3.3	6	13	2.2	1	5	0.2	0.5	315	4	2	5

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1957	25	SFO	LDH	24	12							14	368	0	38	26.3	368
1958	26	SFO	KR	24	12							15	356	0	39	23.7	624
1961	29	SFO	LH	24	14	12						7	158	0	33	22.6	1324
Career					131	54						36	882	0	39	24.5	6676

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
1957	25	SFO	LDH	24	12			2	17	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	0
1958	26	SFO	KR	24	12								0	3	1	0	0
1959*	27	SFO	LH	24	12								0	3	1	0	0
1960	28	SFO	FB/lh	24	12	12							0	1	2	0	0
1961	29	SFO	LH	24	14	12							0	3	0	0	0
1962*	30	SFO	FB	24	14	14							0	1	0	0	0
1963	31	SFO	FB	24	14	13							0	4	3	0	0
1965	33	DAL	fb	24	14	3							0	2	1	0	0
1966	34	DAL		24	14								0	0	1	0	0
Career					131	54		2	17	0	12	0	0	17	11	0	0
9 yrs		SFO			97	51		2	17	0	12	0	0	15	9	0	0
2 yrs		DAL			28	3							0	2	2	0	0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
1961	29	SFO	LH	24	14	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
Career					131	54		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0						0	0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1958	26	SFO	KR	24	12		3		3	18
1959*	27	SFO	LH	24	12		10	1	11	66
1960	28	SFO	FB/lh	24	12	12	5	1	6	36
1961	29	SFO	LH	24	14	12	8	1	9	54
1962*	30	SFO	FB	24	14	14	6	1	7	42
1963	31	SFO	FB	24	14	13	5	1	6	36
1965	33	DAL	fb	24	14	3	2	1	3	18
1966	34	DAL		24	14		1		1	6
Career					131	54	40	6	46	276
9 yrs		SFO			97	51	37	5	42	252
2 yrs		DAL			28	3	3	1	4	24

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1959 1962	Rushing Att 1959 NFL 207 (2) 1960 NFL 174 (5) 1961 NFL 167 (8) 1962 NFL 258 (2) 1963 NFL 162 (8) Career 1100 (151)	Rushing Yds 1959 NFL 1036 (2) 1960 NFL 780 (5) 1961 NFL 823 (5) 1962 NFL 907 (6) Career 4672 (139)	Rushing TD 1959 NFL 10 (2) 1960 NFL 5 (6) 1961 NFL 8 (3) 1962 NFL 6 (7) 1963 NFL 5 (9) Career 40 (103)
Long Rush 1958 NFL 80 (3/84) 1959 NFL 73 (4) 1963 NFL 52 (8)	Yds/Rushing Att 1959 NFL 5.0 (6) 1960 NFL 4.5 (10) 1961 NFL 4.9 (6) Career 4.2 (166)	Rushing Yds/Game 1959 NFL 86.3 (2) 1960 NFL 65.0 (6) 1961 NFL 58.8 (5) 1962 NFL 64.8 (6)	Touchdowns 1959 NFL 11 (4)
Points Scored 1959 NFL 66 (10)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1959 NFL 11 (4)	Yds From Scrimmage 1959 NFL 1169 (4) 1960 NFL 961 (10) 1961 NFL 1166 (6)	All-Purpose Yds 1961 NFL 1324 (10)
Touches 1959 NFL 220 (3) 1960 NFL 210 (4) 1961 NFL 202 (8) 1962 NFL 279 (3) 1963 NFL 179 (10) Career 1263 (178)	Kick Returns 1957 NFL 14 (9) 1958 NFL 15 (9)	Kick Return Yds 1957 NFL 368 (6) 1958 NFL 356 (10)	Yds/Kick Return 1957 NFL 26.3 (3) 1958 NFL 23.7 (8)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1959	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1959	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1959	1st Team	All-NFL	UPI

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