Preston Smith stats

Last played for the Washington Commanders, 2025

Linebacker · #52

Age 33 · 6' 5"

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Preston Smith played 11 NFL seasons, 2015 to 2025.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
176
TOT
466
SOLO
283
AST
183
SACK
71.0
INT
5
PD
28
FF
11

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.
2015WSH163524118.0044
2016WSH163822164.5130
2017WSH164231118.0231
2018WSH165230224.0130
2019GB1656362012.0141
2020GB164229134.0030
2021GB163825139.0022
2022GB175938218.5011
2023GB174828208.0042
2024GB/PIT173212204.5000
2025WSH13248160.5010

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

Career Postseason

GP
8
TOT
25
SOLO
18
AST
7
SACK
4.5
INT
0
PD
3
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
176
TOT
2.6
SOLO
1.6
AST
1.0
SACK
0.4
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.

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.
2015WSH162.21.50.70.50.00.30.3
2016WSH162.41.410.30.10.20.0
2017WSH162.61.90.70.50.10.20.1
2018WSH163.31.91.40.30.10.20.0
2019GB163.52.31.30.80.10.30.1
2020GB162.61.80.80.30.00.20.0
2021GB162.41.60.80.60.00.10.1
2022GB173.52.21.20.50.00.10.1
2023GB172.81.61.20.50.00.20.1
2024GB/PIT171.90.71.20.30.00.00.0
2025WSH131.80.61.20.00.00.10.0

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

Bio

Age
33 yearsNov 17, 1992
Height
6' 5"
Debut
2015
Birthplace
Stone Mountain, GA
Draft
2015Rd 2, Pk 38
College
Mississippi State

Latest performance

Preston Smith

Jan 04 · @ PHI · W 24-17

TOT
1
SOLO
0
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2025

32% of his club's defensive snaps a game (283 in 13 games); 19% in week 18.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
5LAC1624%0
6CHI3047%0
7DAL2639%0
8KC812%0
9SEA1122%0
10DET3144%0
11MIA1934%0
13DEN3144%0
14MIN2133%0
15NYG2841%0
16PHI2130%0
17DAL2932%0
18PHI1219%0

NFL snap counts, every player

2015 NFL combine

DE, 6'5", 271 lb · Mississippi State

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.74s80th
Vertical jump34"73rd
Broad jump10' 1"87th
Bench press (225 lb)24 reps37th
3-cone drill7.07s88th
20-yard shuttle4.28s87th

Percentile: the share of DEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2015 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 04atPHIW 24-171000
Thu, Dec 25vsDALL 30-23200.50
Sat, Dec 20vsPHIL 29-182100
Sun, Dec 14atNYGW 29-212200
Sun, Dec 07atMINL 31-03100
Sun, Nov 30vsDENL 27-26 OT2000

What were Preston Smith's career stats?

Preston Smith played 11 seasons for the Commanders and the Packers. He recorded 466 tackles, 71 sacks and 5 interceptions. His best season was 2022: 59 tackles and 8.5 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2015 to 2025

Preston Smith finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

All-time career rank

  • 122nd in sacks (71.0)

Among the 9,826 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.

Preston Smith college stats

Preston Smith played 4 seasons at Mississippi State Bulldogs (2011 to 2014): 132 tackles, 16 sacks and 2 interceptions.

defensive

Preston Smith's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2011Mississippi State Bulldogs743001000
2012Mississippi State Bulldogs35181704.50000
2013Mississippi State Bulldogs44291502.51000
2014Mississippi State Bulldogs4620260902351

scoring

Preston Smith's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2014Mississippi State Bulldogs100110006

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

More on Preston Smith

Playoff games

Preston Smith played 8 games across 5 NFL postseasons — 3 won, 5 lost.

Preston 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.
2023DALW 48-3211.00
2023SFL 24-2120.50
2021SFL 13-1090.00
2020LARW 32-1830.00
2020TBL 31-2630.00
2019SEAW 28-2322.00
2019SFL 37-2020.00
2015GBL 35-1831.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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