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RDE · #78 · Washington Commanders

Bruce Smith

Born 1963 6'4" · 265 lb Virginia Tech Drafted 1985 · R1 #1 by BUF 1985 – 2003 · 19 Seasons

  • 2× DPOY
  • 8× All-Pro
  • 11× Pro Bowl
  • HOF Hall of Fame

Career with playoffs

296 Games 19 seasons
1,218 Total Tkl
212 Sacks
2 INT
49 FF
1 Def TD

1,067 Solo32 TFL20 QB Hits7 PD

Season by season

MVP, SB MVP, OPOY All-Pro
  1. 48 1985'85
  2. 63 1986'86
  3. 78 1987'87
  4. 56 1988'88
  5. 88 1989'89
  6. 101 1990'90
  7. 18 1991'91
  8. 89 1992'92
  9. 108 1993'93
  10. 81 1994'94
  11. 75 1995'95
  12. 93 1996'96
  13. 65 1997'97
  14. 54 1998'98
  15. 45 1999'99
  16. 53 2000'00
  17. 37 2001'01
  18. 47 2002'02
  19. 19 2003'03
  1. 6.5 1985'85
  2. 15 1986'86
  3. 12 1987'87
  4. 14 1988'88
  5. 13.5 1989'89
  6. 20 1990'90
  7. 2.5 1991'91
  8. 17.5 1992'92
  9. 17 1993'93
  10. 10 1994'94
  11. 10.5 1995'95
  12. 13.5 1996'96
  13. 14 1997'97
  14. 10 1998'98
  15. 7 1999'99
  16. 10 2000'00
  17. 5 2001'01
  18. 9 2002'02
  19. 5 2003'03
  1. 0 1985'85
  2. 0 1986'86
  3. 0 1987'87
  4. 0 1988'88
  5. 0 1989'89
  6. 0 1990'90
  7. 0 1991'91
  8. 0 1992'92
  9. 1 1993'93
  10. 1 1994'94
  11. 0 1995'95
  12. 0 1996'96
  13. 0 1997'97
  14. 0 1998'98
  15. 0 1999'99
  16. 0 2000'00
  17. 0 2001'01
  18. 0 2002'02
  19. 0 2003'03
  1. 0 1985'85
  2. 0 1986'86
  3. 0 1987'87
  4. 0 1988'88
  5. 0 1989'89
  6. 0 1990'90
  7. 0 1991'91
  8. 0 1992'92
  9. 0 1993'93
  10. 0 1994'94
  11. 0 1995'95
  12. 0 1996'96
  13. 0 1997'97
  14. 0 1998'98
  15. 5 1999'99
  16. 10 2000'00
  17. 6 2001'01
  18. 11 2002'02
  19. 0 2003'03
  1. 0 1985'85
  2. 0 1986'86
  3. 0 1987'87
  4. 0 1988'88
  5. 0 1989'89
  6. 0 1990'90
  7. 0 1991'91
  8. 0 1992'92
  9. 0 1993'93
  10. 0 1994'94
  11. 0 1995'95
  12. 0 1996'96
  13. 0 1997'97
  14. 0 1998'98
  15. 2 1999'99
  16. 2 2000'00
  17. 2 2001'01
  18. 1 2002'02
  19. 0 2003'03

Latest games · 2003

  1. @ W14 W 20–7 2 tkl · 1 sck
  2. W15 L 0–27 1 tkl · 0 sck
  3. @ W16 L 24–27 2 tkl · 1 sck
  4. W17 L 7–31 2 tkl · 0 sck

Career bests

Most tackles 1993 108 tkl · 108 solo
Most sacks 1990 20 sacks · 0 hits
Most INTs 1993 1 INT · 0 PD
Most TFL 2002 11 TFL · 3 FF

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