Neil Smith
Neil Smith
Position: DE
Height: 6-4 Weight: 270 lbs.
Born: April 10, 1966 in New Orleans, LA
College: Nebraska (school history)
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 90 (249th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #195. Jack Pardee… #196. Dave Robinson… #197. Harold Jackson… #198. NEIL SMITH… #199. Len Dawson… #200. Jason Witten… #201. Rayfield Wright… |
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1988 | 22 | KAN | lde | 90 | 13 | 7 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 1989 | 23 | KAN | LDE | 90 | 15 | 15 | 6.5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| 1990 | 24 | KAN | LDE | 90 | 16 | 15 | 9.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| 1991* | 25 | KAN | LDE | 90 | 16 | 16 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| 1992* | 26 | KAN | LDE | 90 | 16 | 16 | 14.5 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 13 | |
| 1993*+ | 27 | KAN | LDE | 90 | 16 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 16 | |
| 1994* | 28 | KAN | LDE | 90 | 14 | 13 | 11.5 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1995* | 29 | KAN | RDE | 90 | 16 | 14 | 12.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 12 | ||||||
| 1996 | 30 | KAN | LDE | 90 | 16 | 16 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| 1997* | 31 | DEN | LDE | 90 | 14 | 13 | 8.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
| 1998 | 32 | DEN | LDE | 90 | 14 | 14 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | |
| 1999 | 33 | DEN | LDE | 90 | 15 | 8 | 6.5 | 25 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | 34 | SDG | 91 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Career | 191 | 162 | 104.5 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 582 | 41 | 115 | |||||
| 9 yrs | KAN | 138 | 127 | 85.5 | 3 | 66 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 503 | 24 | 90 | ||||
| 3 yrs | DEN | 43 | 35 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 17 | 24 | ||||
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All-Pro Teams
| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1992 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1993 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1993 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1993 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1993 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1994 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1995 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1995 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1995 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1996 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1997 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
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