Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1981
- Draft
- 1981Rd 1, Pk 15
- College
- USC
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1981
- Draft
- 1981Rd 1, Pk 15
- College
- USC
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 184
- TOT
- 90
- SOLO
- 71
- AST
- 19
- SACK
- 15.0
- INT
- 30
- PD
- 19
- FF
- 1
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 |  DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | DEN | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | DEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DEN | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | DEN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DEN | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DEN | 14 | 61 | 48 | 13 | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| 1994 | DEN | 12 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- TOT
- 7
- SOLO
- 6
- AST
- 1
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 2
- PD
- 0
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 184
- TOT
- 0.5
- SOLO
- 0.4
- AST
- 0.1
- SACK
- 0.1
- INT
- 0.2
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | DEN | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | DEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | DEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | DEN | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | DEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | DEN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DEN | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DEN | 14 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | DEN | 12 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Dennis Smith's career stats?
Dennis Smith played 14 seasons for the Broncos. He recorded 90 tackles, 15 sacks and 30 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 61 tackles and 0.0 sacks.
More on Dennis Smith
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