Derek Smith stats

Last played for the Los Angeles Chargers, 2008

Linebacker

Age 51 · 6' 2"

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Derek Smith played 12 NFL seasons, 1997 to 2008.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
173
TOT
1,092
SOLO
798
AST
294
SACK
13.5
INT
4
PD
35
FF
6

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.

Totals by season
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.
1997WSH168859292.0010
1998WSH1610277250.5001
1999WSH169566291.0160
2000WSH168770171.0031
2001SF1410878303.0130
2002SF1611283291.0061
2003SF1611487273.5032
2004SF1411080301.5020
2005SF1611690260.0170
2006SF136951180.0001
2007SF157850280.0140
2008LAC513760.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career Postseason

GP
5
TOT
42
SOLO
29
AST
13
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
173
TOT
6.3
SOLO
4.6
AST
1.7
SACK
0.1
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
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.

Per game by season
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.
1997WSH165.53.71.80.10.00.10.0
1998WSH166.44.81.60.00.00.00.1
1999WSH165.94.11.80.10.10.40.0
2000WSH165.44.41.10.10.00.20.1
2001SF147.75.62.10.20.10.20.0
2002SF167.05.21.80.10.00.40.1
2003SF167.15.41.70.20.00.20.1
2004SF147.95.72.10.10.00.10.0
2005SF167.35.61.60.00.10.40.0
2006SF135.33.91.40.00.00.00.1
2007SF155.23.31.90.00.10.30.0
2008LAC52.61.41.20.00.00.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Bio

Age
51 yearsJan 18, 1975
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1997
Birthplace
Sterling, VA
Draft
1997Rd 3, Pk 80
College
Arizona State

Latest performance

Derek Smith

Jan 04 · vs BAL · L 27-9

TOT
0
SOLO
0
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 04vsBALL 27-90000
Sun, Dec 28atNYJW 24-170000
Sun, Oct 05atMIAL 17-100000
Sun, Sep 28atLVW 28-184100
Mon, Sep 22vsNYJW 48-292100
Sun, Sep 14atDENL 39-385300

What were Derek Smith's career stats?

Derek Smith played 12 seasons for the Commanders, the 49ers and the Chargers. He recorded 1,092 tackles, 13.5 sacks and 4 interceptions. His best season was 2005: 116 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

12 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1997 to 2008

All-time career rank

  • 36th in tackles (1,092)

Among the 9,779 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

More on Derek Smith

Playoff games

Derek Smith played 6 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 4 lost.

Derek Smith's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.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.
2008BALL 27-900.00
2002NYGW 39-38100.00
2002TBL 31-6140.00
2001GBL 25-1540.00
1999DETW 27-1330.00
1999TBL 14-13110.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.