Harrison Smith in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Safety, Notre Dame, 2007–⁠11

Harrison Smith

Number
No. 22
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Knoxville, TN
Born
Feb 2, 1989

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Harrison Smith played safety at Notre Dame (2007–⁠11). The Minnesota Vikings took Smith in the first round, No. 29 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GGSTotSoloAstSacksPDIntYdsTDFFFR
20081395739183.5700000
200912126939300400010
2010131393563707754000
2011131390533701000010
Career51473091871223.528754020

From the college statistics table in Smith’s Wikipedia article (Harrison Smith, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFFHur
2009123930696.50512
20101356359117700
201113533790301011
On file14810225010.572223

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Notre Dame22S
2010Notre Dame22S
2011Notre Dame22S6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Notre Dame 5 games with an interception on file, 7 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 2atBoston CollegeW 31–⁠131
Oct 9vs.PittsburghW 23–⁠171
Nov 13vs.UtahW 28–⁠31
Nov 27atUSCW 20–⁠161
Dec 31 ✦vs.MiamiW 33–⁠173

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 Senior Bowl (North team, won 23–⁠13).

DrillCombine 2012
Height6′1⅞″
Weight213 lb
Arm length32⅝″
Hand size10¼″
Wingspan76⅞″W
40-yard dash4.57 s
10-yard split1.56 sW
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′2″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill6.63 s
20-yard shuttle4.12 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

15 seasons, 211 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.

Pro Bowls: 6 (2015–⁠19, 2021) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2017 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2018

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2017; AP second team 2018; Pro Football Writers first team 2017; Sporting News first team 2017.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2012Minnesota Vikings1610213
2013Minnesota Vikings85802
2014Minnesota Vikings169035
2015Minnesota Vikings13611.52
2016Minnesota Vikings148820
2017Minnesota Vikings16751.55
2018Minnesota Vikings168433
2019Minnesota Vikings158013
2020Minnesota Vikings16870.55
2021Minnesota Vikings159931
2022Minnesota Vikings147905
2023Minnesota Vikings178230
2024Minnesota Vikings167813
2025Minnesota Vikings145412
2026 (so far)Minnesota Vikings5700
NFL career2111,12421.539

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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