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Tight end, Marshall, 2007–10
Lee Smith
- Number
- No. 16
- Height
- 6′6″
- Hometown
- Powell, TN
- Born
- Nov 21, 1987, in Powell, Tennessee
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Lee Smith played tight end at Marshall (2007–10). The New England Patriots took Smith in round 5, No. 159 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
9catches, career highat UAB, 201099receiving yards, career highat UTEP, 20092receiving touchdowns, career highat UAB, 2010Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
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 Marshall 11 games, 38 catches, 358 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Ohio State | L 7–45 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. West Virginia | L 21–24 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 18 | – |
| Sep 25 | vs. Ohio | W 24–23 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Oct 2 | at Southern Miss | L 16–41 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Oct 13 | vs. UCF | L 14–35 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Oct 23 | at East Carolina | L 10–37 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Oct 30 | vs. UTEP | W 16–12 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Nov 6 | at UAB | W 31–17 | 9 | 81 | 2 | 14 | – |
| Nov 13 | vs. Memphis | W 28–13 | 7 | 73 | 1 | 32 | – |
| Nov 20 | at SMU | L 17–31 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Nov 27 | vs. Tulane | W 38–23 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | – |
2009 Marshall 10 games, 23 catches, 335 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Southern Illinois | W 31–28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Sep 12 | at Virginia Tech | L 10–52 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Oct 3 | vs.East Carolina | L 17–21 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 10 | atTulane | W 31–10 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Oct 24 | vs.UAB | W 27–7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 1 | atUCF | L 20–21 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 40 | – |
| Nov 14 | vs.Southern Miss | L 20–27 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 25 | – |
| Nov 21 | vs.SMU | W 34–31 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Nov 28 | atUTEP | L 21–52 | 6 | 99 | 0 | 38 | – |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs.Ohio | W 21–17 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
2008 Marshall 5 games, 12 catches, 89 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | at Wisconsin | L 14–51 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 25 | – |
| Sep 13 | vs.Memphis | W 17–16 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Sep 27 | atWest Virginia | L 3–27 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Nov 8 | atEast Carolina | L 16–19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. Tulsa | L 35–38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
2007 Marshall 1 game, 2 catches, 9 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24 | vs.UAB | W 46–39 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 | Combine or pro day 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′5¾″ | |
| Weight | 266 lb | |
| Arm length | 34⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 9¾″ | |
| Wingspan | 79¾″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.01 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.76 s | |
| Vertical jump | 29″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′0″ | |
| Bench press | 25 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.13 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.28 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 89 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| 2012 | Buffalo Bills | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| 2013 | Buffalo Bills | 9 | 5 | 78 | 0 |
| 2014 | Buffalo Bills | 8 | 7 | 42 | 1 |
| 2015 | Oakland Raiders | 13 | 12 | 70 | 1 |
| 2016 | Oakland Raiders | 4 | 6 | 29 | 0 |
| 2017 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 8 | 76 | 0 |
| 2018 | Oakland Raiders | 9 | 10 | 73 | 3 |
| 2019 | Buffalo Bills | 8 | 4 | 31 | 1 |
| 2020 | Buffalo Bills | 5 | 4 | 35 | 2 |
| 2021 | Atlanta Falcons | 10 | 9 | 65 | 1 |
| NFL career | 89 | 73 | 523 | 11 | |
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.
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