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D'Anthony Smith No. 95 Jacksonville Jaguars Defensive tackle Personal information Date of birth: June 9, 1988 Place of birth: Berlin, Germany Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 298 lb (135 kg) Career information College: Louisiana Tech NFL Draft: 2010 / Round: 3 / Pick: 74 No regular season or postseason appearances Career history - Jacksonville Jaguars (2010–present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - 2008 First-Team All-WAC
Career NFL statistics as of 2010 Tackles 0 Sacks 0.0 Interceptions 0 Stats at NFL.com D'Anthony Smith (born June 9, 1988) is an American football defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jaguars in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana Tech.
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Early years
Smith was born in Berlin, Germany, but eventually immigrated to Fort Polk, Louisiana. At Pickering High School, Smith played three sports, football, basketball and shot put. He started all four years at the school, and every year but one, he received an award for his play on the defensive line. As a senior at the school he had 80 tackles and three sacks.[1]
College career
In his collegiate debut as a true freshman in 2006, Smith intercepted a pass that was deflected by another player against Nebraska.[2] Smith overall, started eight games and came off the bench in five for the Bulldogs and had 38 tackles. His career high in tackles came against North Texas when he had seven, he also had five against Fresno State.[1]
Against Fresno State as a sophomore in 2007, Smith equaled his total from the season before with five tackles, but also added a sack on their quarterback Tom Brandstater.[3] For the season, he started 11 games and missed one due to injury and had 42 tackles and three sacks. Smith tied his career high in tackles with seven against Central Arkansas.[1]
Against San Jose State in 2008, Smith had seven tackles and one sack.[4] Heading into the Independence Bowl against Northern Illinois, he led the team with five sacks and was third with 65 tackles.[5] He was named as a member of the First-team All-WAC following the regular season.[6] For the season, he had nine tackles on two occasions and was named All-Louisiana. He started every one of the Bulldogs's 13 games.[1]
In 2009, Smith was listed at No. 11 on Rivals.com′s preseason defensive tackle power ranking.[7] He was also named to the 2009 Outland Trophy watch list.[8]
Professional career
Jacksonville Jaguars
Smith was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He suffered an injury in training camp and spent his rookie season on injured reserve.
References
- ^ a b c d "#5 D'Anthony Smith". Louisiana Tech University. http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/smith_danthony00.html. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ "No. 20 Nebraska amasses 584 yards of offense in rout". Associated Press. September 2, 2006. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=262450158. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ "Louisiana Tech 6, Fresno State 17". ESPN.com. September 29, 2007. http://espnradio.espn.go.com/ncf/playbyplay?gameId=272720278&period=0. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ Jones, Jason (November 10, 2008). "Big Win on the Road". Scout.com. http://fresnostate.scout.com/a.z?s=164&p=2&c=810156. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ "Bulldogs and Huskies square off in Independence Bowl". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. December 28, 2008. http://www.seattlepi.com/scorecard/cfootballnews.asp?articleID=247932. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ Cripe, Chadd (November 25, 2008). "These WAC players are award-winning performers". Tri-City Herald. http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1412/story/396897.html. Retrieved 2009-08-10.[dead link]
- ^ Buchanan, Olin; Dienhart, Tom; Fox, David; Huguenin, Mike; Megargee, Steve (August 24, 2009). "Preseason defensive tackle power rankings". Rivals.com. http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=978954.
- ^ Richardson, Steve (August 11, 2009). 2009 Outland Trophy Watch List Announced. Football Writers Association of America. http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2009/outland090811.html.
External links
Jacksonville Jaguars current roster Active roster 2 Nick Harris | 10 Josh Scobee | 11 Blaine Gabbert | 12 Luke McCown | 17 Chastin West | 18 Brian Robiskie | 21 Derek Cox | 22 Kevin Rutland | 24 Montell Owens | 25 Dwight Lowery | 26 Dawan Landry | 29 William Middleton | 30 Drew Coleman | 32 Maurice Jones-Drew | 33 Greg Jones | 34 T. J. Heath | 35 Deji Karim | 36 Courtney Greene | 38 Ashton Youboty | 42 Chris Prosinski | 44 Brock Bolen | 48 Jeremy Cain | 50 Russell Allen | 51 Paul Posluszny | 52 Daryl Smith | 55 Clint Session | 59 Mike Lockley | 62 John Estes | 63 Brad Meester | 65 Will Rackley | 67 Jason Spitz | 68 Guy Whimper | 69 Leger Douzable | 74 Aaron Kampman | 75 Eugene Monroe | 77 Uche Nwaneri | 78 Cameron Bradfield | 80 Mike Thomas | 81 Kassim Osgood | 83 Jason Hill | 84 Cecil Shorts | 85 Fendi Onobun | 87 Jarett Dillard | 88 Zach Potter | 89 Marcedes Lewis | 90 Matt Roth | 91 George Selvie | 93 Tyson Alualu | 94 Jeremy Mincey | 96 Terrance Knighton | 97 John Chick | 98 Nate Collins | 99 C. J. Mosley
Reserve lists 3 Scotty McGee (IR) | 15 Mike Sims-Walker (IR) | 20 Rod Issac (IR) | 23 Rashad Jennings (IR) | 27 Rashean Mathis (IR) | 43 Terrell Whitehead (IR) | 56 Kyle Bosworth (IR) | 57 Marc Schiechl (IR) | 72 Kevin Haslam (IR) | 73 Eben Britton (IR) | 86 Zach Miller (IR) | 92 Austen Lane(IR) | 95 D'Anthony Smith (IR) | -- Aaron Morgan (IR) | -- Richard Murphy (IR) | -- Martin Rucker (IR)
Practice squad 31 Talmadge Jackson | 40 DuJuan Harris | 41 Matt Estrada | 46 Colin Cloherty | 58 Stephen Franklin | 66 George Bussey | 76 Daniel Baldridge | 95 Corvey Irvin
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · Persondata Name Smith, Danthony Alternative names Short description Date of birth June 9, 1988 Place of birth Berlin, Germany Date of death Place of death Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Berlin
- Players of American football from Louisiana
- American football defensive tackles
- Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football players
- Jacksonville Jaguars players
- Louisiana Tech University alumni
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