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Jim Ray Smith
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Offensive tackle, Baylor, 1951–⁠54

Jim Ray Smith

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Jim Ray Smith played offensive tackle at Baylor (1951–⁠54). The Cleveland Browns took Smith in round 6, No. 64 overall in the 1954 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987.

Best season
1954
First-team All-Southwest Conference
Drafted
No. 64
Round 6, 1954 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Honors

All-America: AFCA 1953; UP second team 1953 and 1954; AP second team 1954; AP third team 1953

The teams in those years

Linemen have no individual stat lines in our source.

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 5 (1958–⁠62) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (1959–⁠61) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (1958, 1962)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1959–⁠61; AP second team 1958, 1962; NEA first team 1959–⁠61; UPI first team 1959–⁠61; New York Daily News first team 1961; Pro Football Illustrated first team 1961.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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