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Bruce Smith

Bruce Bernard Smith

Position: DE

6-4, 262lb (193cm, 118kg)

Born: June 18, 1963 in Norfolk, VA

College: Virginia Tech (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 152 (9th overall since 1960)

High School: Booker T. Washington (VA)

Draft: Buffalo Bills in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2009 (Full List)

SUMMARY

Career

279

229

200.0

Solo

1075

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
1985	22	BUF	RDE	78	16	13			0				0	4	0	0	6.5	48						7
1986	23	BUF	RDE	78	16	15			0			3	0	0	0	0	15.0	63						7
1987*+	24	BUF	RDE	78	12	12			0			3	0	2	15	1	12.0	78						17	AP DPoY-2, AP1, PB
1988*+	25	BUF	RDE	78	12	12			0			3	0	0	0	0	11.0	56					1	15	AP DPoY-4, AP1, PB
1989*	26	BUF	RDE	78	16	16			0				0	0	0	0	13.0	88						15	AP DPoY-5, AP2, PB
1990*+	27	BUF	RDE	78	16	16			0			4	0	0	0	0	19.0	101						17	AP MVP-4, AP DPoY-1, AP1, PB
1991	28	BUF	RDE	78	5	5			0				0	0	0	0	1.5	18						2
1992*	29	BUF	RDE	78	15	15			0			3	0	0	0	0	14.0	89						14	AP DPoY-5, AP2, PB
1993*+	30	BUF	RDE	78	16	16	1	0	0	0		3	0	1	0	0	14.0	108						18	AP DPoY-3, AP1, PB
1994*+	31	BUF	RDE	78	15	15	1	0	0	0		5	0	2	0	0	10.0	81	57	24				14	AP DPoY-7, AP1, PB
1995*+	32	BUF	RDE	78	15	15			0			1	0	1	0	0	10.5	74	52	22				17	AP1, PB
1996*+	33	BUF	RDE	78	16	16			0			5	0	1	0	0	13.5	90	69	21				21	AP DPoY-1, AP1, PB
1997*+	34	BUF	RDE	78	16	16			0			0	0	0	0	0	14.0	65	49	16				15	AP DPoY-2, AP1, PB
1998*	35	BUF	RDE	78	15	15			0			2	0	2	18	0	10.0	50	35	15				12	AP2, PB
1999	36	BUF	RDE	78	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	7.0	45	31	14	5			10
2000	37	WAS	RDE	78	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	10.0	57	48	9	13		1	9
2001	38	WAS	RDE	78	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	0	5.0	42	31	11	7			7
2002	39	WAS	RDE	78	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	49	37	12	11			8
2003	40	WAS	LDE	78	16	8			0			0	0	0	0	0	5.0	22	17	5	5			4
Career					279	267	2	0	0	0	7	43	0	15	33	1	200.0	1224	426	149	41		2	229
15 yrs		BUF			217	213	2	0	0	0	2	35	0	14	33	1	171.0	1054	293	112	5		1	201
4 yrs		WAS			62	54	0	0	0	0	5	8	0	1	0	0	29.0	170	133	37	36		1	28

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1988*+	25	BUF	RDE	2	2			0			0	0	0	0	0	3.0
1989*	26	BUF	RDE	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.5
1990*+	27	BUF	RDE	3	3			0			0	0	0	0	0	1.0						1
1991	28	BUF	RDE	3	3			0			0	0	0	0	0	1.0
1992*	29	BUF	RDE	4	4			0			0	0	0	0	0	3.5
1993*+	30	BUF	RDE	3	3			0			0	0	0	0	0	3.0
1995*+	32	BUF	RDE	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
1996*+	33	BUF	RDE	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
1998*	35	BUF	RDE	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0
1999	36	BUF	RDE	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	2.5	6	5	1	2
Career				20	20			0							0	14.5	14	13	1	2		1

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Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1985	22	BUF	RDE	78	16	13	1	0	0		0	0.0	0.0	0.1					0							1	0.0		0	0
Career					279	267	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0					0							1	0.0		0
15 yrs		BUF			217	213	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0					0							1	0.0		0
4 yrs		WAS			62	54			0										0										0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1987*+	24	BUF	RDE	78	12	12	1	1			6	0.5
1988*+	25	BUF	RDE	78	12	12				1	2	0.2
2000	37	WAS	RDE	78	16	16				1	2	0.1
Career					279	267	1	1	0	2	10	0.0
15 yrs		BUF			217	213	1	1	0	1	8	0.0
4 yrs		WAS			62	54			0	1	2	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1990*+	27	BUF	RDE	3	3											0					1	2	.7
Career				20	20											0					1	2	.1

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