Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 2016Rd 2, Pk 34
- College
- Notre Dame
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 2016Rd 2, Pk 34
- College
- Notre Dame
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 88
- TOT
- 626
- SOLO
- 378
- AST
- 248
- SACK
- 11.0
- INT
- 2
- PD
- 21
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | DAL | 16 | 81 | 50 | 31 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | DAL | 16 | 121 | 82 | 39 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | DAL | 16 | 142 | 83 | 59 | 2.5 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 2020 | DAL | 16 | 154 | 89 | 65 | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 |  DAL/GB/NYG | 10 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | NYG | 13 | 88 | 46 | 42 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | LV | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- TOT
- 37
- SOLO
- 23
- AST
- 14
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 88
- TOT
- 7.1
- SOLO
- 4.3
- AST
- 2.8
- SACK
- 0.1
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.2
- FF
- 0.1
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | DAL | 16 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | DAL | 16 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | DAL | 16 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | DAL | 16 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2021 | DAL/GB/NYG | 10 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2022 | NYG | 13 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | LV | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Latest performance
Jaylon Smith
Nov 05 · vs NYG · W 30-6
- TOT
- 2
- SOLO
- 2
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Nov 05 | vsNYGW 30-6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Jan 21 | at PHIL 38-7 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 15 | at MINW 31-24 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 01 | vs INDW 38-10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Dec 24 | atMINL 27-24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 18 | at WSHW 20-12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
What were Jaylon Smith's career stats?
Jaylon Smith played 7 seasons for the Cowboys, the Giants and the Raiders. He recorded 626 tackles, 11 sacks and 2 interceptions. His best season was 2020: 154 tackles and 1.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2017 to 2023
Jaylon Smith finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
All-time career rank
- 268th in tackles (626)
Among the 9,029 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Jaylon Smith
Playoff games
Jaylon Smith played 2 games across 1 NFL postseason — 1 won, 1 lost.
| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | MIN | W 31-24 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | PHI | L 38-7 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Jaylon Smith against each club
- vs Philadelphia Eagles (4)
- vs Washington Commanders (4)
- vs Chicago Bears (2)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (2)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (2)
- vs Baltimore Ravens (1)
- vs Carolina Panthers (1)
- vs Detroit Lions (1)
- vs Green Bay Packers (1)
- vs Houston Texans (1)
- vs Indianapolis Colts (1)
- vs Jacksonville Jaguars (1)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (1)
- vs New York Giants (1)
- vs Seattle Seahawks (1)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1)
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