J.T. Smith

John Thomas Smith

Position: WR
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 lbs.

Born: October 29, 1955 in Leonard, TX
College: North Texas (school history)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1063rd overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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All-Time Rank: #1009. Mel Branch… #1010. Walter Johnson… #1011. Mark Carrier… #1012. J.T. SMITH… #1013. Dave Costa… #1014. Randy Logan… #1015. Dan Towler…

All-Time Rank: #1009. Mel Branch… #1010. Walter Johnson… #1011. Mark Carrier… #1012. J.T. SMITH… #1013. Dave Costa… #1014. Randy Logan… #1015. Dan Towler…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1978	23	2TM			9	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0	0	0	0
		KAN		86	6	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0	0	0	0
		WAS		81	3	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0.0								0	0	0	0
1979	24	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	13	33	444	13.5	3	34	2.1	27.8								444	3	3	6
1980*+	25	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	16	46	655	14.2	2	77	2.9	40.9								655	2	1	9
1981	26	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	15	63	852	13.5	2	42	3.9	53.3								852	2	2	9
1982	27	KAN		86	5	3	10	168	16.8	1	51	2.0	33.6								168	1	0	3
1983	28	KAN	PR	86	9	1	7	85	12.1	0	18	0.8	9.4								85	0	0	1
1984	29	KAN	PR	86	15	0	8	69	8.6	0	16	0.5	4.6								69	0	1	1
1985	30	STL	PR	84	14	4	43	581	13.5	1	34	3.1	41.5	3	36	0	30	12.0	2.6	0.2	617	1	3	5
1986	31	STL	WR	84	16	16	80	1014	12.7	6	45	5.0	63.4								1014	6	1	8
1987	32	STL	WR	84	15	14	91	1117	12.3	8	38	6.1	74.5								1117	8	2	11
1988*	33	PHO	WR	84	16	16	83	986	11.9	5	29	5.2	61.6	1	15	0	15	15.0	0.9	0.1	1001	5	4	8
1989	34	PHO	wr	84	9	8	62	778	12.5	5	31	6.9	86.4	2	21	0	11	10.5	2.3	0.2	799	5	0	6
1990	35	PHO	wr	84	13	8	18	225	12.5	2	45	1.4	17.3	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	229	2	0	2
Career					169	114	544	6974	12.8	35	77	3.2	41.3	7	76	0	30	10.9	0.4	0.0	7050	35	17	69
7 yrs		KAN			83	48	167	2273	13.6	8	77	2.0	27.4								2273	8	7	29
6 yrs		STL-PHO			83	66	377	4701	12.5	27	45	4.5	56.6	7	76	0	30	10.9	0.9	0.1	4777	27	10	40

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
1978	23	2TM			9	0	4	33	0	12	8.3	1	18	0	18	18.0	51
		WAS		81	3	0	4	33	0	12	8.3	1	18	0	18	18.0	51
1979	24	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	13	58	612	2	88	10.6						1056
1980*+	25	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	16	40	581	2	75	14.5						1236
1981	26	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	15	50	528	0	62	10.6						1380
1982	27	KAN		86	5	3	3	26	0	16	8.7						194
1983	28	KAN	PR	86	9	1	26	210	0	19	8.1	1	5	0	5	5.0	300
1984	29	KAN	PR	86	15	0	39	332	0	27	8.5	19	391	0	39	20.6	792
1985	30	STL	PR	84	14	4	26	283	0	31	10.9	4	59	0	33	14.8	959
1986	31	STL	WR	84	16	16	1	6	0	6	6.0						1020
1988*	33	PHO	WR	84	16	16	17	119	0	15	7.0						1120
1990	35	PHO	wr	84	13	8	3	34	0	16	11.3						263
Career					169	114	267	2764	4	88	10.4	25	473	0	39	18.9	10287
7 yrs		KAN			83	48	216	2289	4	88	10.6	20	396	0	39	19.8	4958
6 yrs		STL-PHO			83	66	47	442	0	31	9.4	4	59	0	33	14.8	5278
1 yr		WAS			3	0	4	33	0	12	8.3	1	18	0	18	18.0	51

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
1979	24	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	13							0	3	1	1	0
1980*+	25	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	16							0	1	2	0	0
1981	26	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	15							0	2	1	19	0
1984	29	KAN	PR	86	15	0							0	1	0	0	0
1985	30	STL	PR	84	14	4							0	3	0	0	0
1986	31	STL	WR	84	16	16							0	1	3	0	0
1987	32	STL	WR	84	15	14							0	2	0	0	0
1988*	33	PHO	WR	84	16	16							0	4	1	0	0
Career					169	114							0	17	8	20	0
7 yrs		KAN			83	48							0	7	4	20	0
6 yrs		STL-PHO			83	66							0	10	4	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	PR TD	AllTD	Pts
1979	24	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	13	3	2	5	30
1980*+	25	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	16	2	2	4	24
1981	26	KAN	WR/PR	86	16	15	2		2	12
1982	27	KAN		86	5	3	1		1	6
1985	30	STL	PR	84	14	4	1		1	6
1986	31	STL	WR	84	16	16	6		6	36
1987	32	STL	WR	84	15	14	8		8	48
1988*	33	PHO	WR	84	16	16	5		5	30
1989	34	PHO	wr	84	9	8	5		5	30
1990	35	PHO	wr	84	13	8	2		2	12
Career					169	114	35	4	39	234
7 yrs		KAN			83	48	8	4	12	72
6 yrs		STL-PHO			83	66	27		27	162

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Pro Bowls 1980 1988	First-Team All-Pro 1980	Receptions 1986 NFL 80 (6) 1987 NFL 91 (1) 1988 NFL 83 (5) Career 544 (89)	Receiving Yds 1987 NFL 1117 (1) Career 6974 (116)
Receiving TD 1987 NFL 8 (3)	Long Reception 1980 NFL 77 (8)	Receiving Yds/Game 1987 NFL 74.5 (8) 1989 NFL 86.4 (5)	Touchdowns 1987 NFL 8 (8)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1987 NFL 8 (8)	Non-Offensive TDs 1979 NFL 2 (1) 1980 NFL 2 (1) Career 4 (187)	Yds From Scrimmage 1987 NFL 1117 (10)	All-Purpose Yds Career 10287 (116)
Yds/Touch 1981 NFL 12.2 (2) 1988 NFL 11.1 (4)	Punt Returns 1979 NFL 58 (2/3) 1980 NFL 40 (8) 1981 NFL 50 (4/41) 1984 NFL 39 (9) Career 267 (12)	Punt Return Yds 1979 NFL 612 (1/16) 1980 NFL 581 (1/26) 1981 NFL 528 (2/49) Career 2764 (13)	Punt Return TD 1979 NFL 2 (1/17) 1980 NFL 2 (1/17) Career 4 (18)
Long Punt Return 1979 NFL 88 (1/68) 1980 NFL 75 (1) 1981 NFL 62 (6)	Yds/Punt Return 1979 NFL 10.6 (3) 1980 NFL 14.5 (1/76) 1981 NFL 10.6 (7) 1985 NFL 10.9 (7) Career 10.4 (55)	Kick & Punt Returns 1984 NFL 58 (8) Career 292 (62)	Kick & Punt Return Yds Career 3237 (140)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1980	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1980	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1981	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1987	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1987	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1987	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1987	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1987	1st Team	All-NFL	Sporting News

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1979	24	16	WR	62		41
1980	25	16	WR	78		47
1981	26	16	WR	97		30	77
1982	27	5	WR	23		70
1983	28	9	WR	9		119
1984	29	15	WR	7		115
1985	30	14	WR	68		54
1986	31	16	WR	137	36	15	46
1987	32	15	WR	160	94	2	10
1988	33	16	WR	130	22	17	46
1989	34	9	WR	110	2	27	71
1990	35	13	WR	35		86
				916	154

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