Neil Smith stats

Last played for the Los Angeles Chargers, 2000

Defensive End · #91

Age 60 · 6' 4"

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Neil Smith played 13 NFL seasons, 1988 to 2000.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
191
TOT
278
SOLO
231
AST
47
SACK
104.5
INT
4
PD
27
FF
17

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.
1988KC130002.5000
1989KC150006.5000
1990KC160009.5000
1991KC160008.0000
1992KC1600014.5100
1993KC164638815.0135
1994KC144441311.5145
1995KC1652401212.0014
1996KC16403466.0041
1997DEN14342868.5061
1998DEN14262064.0171
1999DEN15312566.5010
2000LAC105500.0010

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

Career Postseason

GP
13
TOT
32
SOLO
24
AST
8
SACK
9.5
INT
0
PD
2
FF
6

Per game

Career regular season

GP
191
TOT
1.5
SOLO
1.2
AST
0.2
SACK
0.5
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
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.

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.
1988KC130.00.000.20.00.00.0
1989KC150.00.000.40.00.00.0
1990KC160.00.000.60.00.00.0
1991KC160.00.000.50.00.00.0
1992KC160.00.000.90.10.00.0
1993KC162.92.40.50.90.10.20.3
1994KC143.12.90.20.80.10.30.4
1995KC163.32.50.80.80.00.10.3
1996KC162.52.10.40.40.00.30.1
1997DEN142.42.00.40.60.00.40.1
1998DEN141.91.40.40.30.10.50.1
1999DEN152.11.70.40.40.00.10.0
2000LAC100.50.500.00.00.10.0

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

Bio

Age
60 yearsApr 10, 1966
Height
6' 4"
Debut
1988
Birthplace
New Orleans, LA
College
Nebraska

Latest performance

Neil Smith

Dec 24 · vs PIT · L 34-21

TOT
0
SOLO
0
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Dec 24vsPITL 34-210000
Sun, Dec 17atCARL 30-220000
Sun, Dec 10atBALL 24-30000
Sun, Dec 03vsSFL 45-170000
Sun, Nov 26vsKCW 17-160000
Sun, Nov 19atDENL 38-370000

What were Neil Smith's career stats?

Neil Smith played 13 seasons for the Chiefs, the Broncos and the Chargers. He recorded 278 tackles, 104.5 sacks and 4 interceptions. His best season was 1995: 52 tackles and 12.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1988 to 2000

Neil Smith led the NFL in sacks (1993); finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.

Championships ×2

All-time career rank

  • 48th in sacks (104.5)

Among the 9,825 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 Neil Smith

Playoff games

Neil Smith played 9 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 7 won, 2 lost.

Neil 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.
1998MIAW 38-300.00
1998NYJW 23-1000.00
1998ATLW 34-1910.00
1997JAXW 42-1730.00
1997KCW 14-1042.00
1997PITW 24-2131.00
1997GBW 31-2400.00
1995INDL 10-731.00
1994MIAL 27-1700.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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