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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… 

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 PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty 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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7 Gary W. Anderson, Kevin Mack, Norm Bulaich, Robert Newhouse, Dexter Bussey, Ernie Green, Willis McGahee, Julius Jones, Ronnie Harmon, Ed Podolak
8 Kevin Mack, Gary W. Anderson, Robert Newhouse, Clarence Davis, Dexter Bussey, Norm Bulaich, George Rogers, Antowain Smith, Ronnie Harmon, Ed Podolak
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11 Gary W. Anderson, Kevin Mack, Dexter Bussey, Leroy Hoard, Norm Bulaich, Preston Pearson, Dick Bass, Robert Newhouse, Clarence Davis, Billy Ray Barnes
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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