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

Linebacker, USC, 2007–⁠10

Malcolm Smith

Number
No. 6
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Northridge , CA
Born
Jul 5, 1989, in Woodland Hills, California

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Malcolm Smith played linebacker at USC (2007–⁠10). The Seattle Seahawks took Smith in round 7, No. 242 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009USC1
2010USC1
On file (2009–⁠10)2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
2007N1360600––1
2008N13126180.50–––
20091037357260131
20101146327881112
On file1017317414.51–––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009USC6LB
2010USC6LB6′1″

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 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 6vs.Arizona StateW 34–⁠331
2009 USC 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 28vs.UCLAW 28–⁠71

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

DrillPro day 2011
Height6′0¼″
Weight226 lb
40-yard dash4.44 s
10-yard split1.61 sW
Vertical jump39″
Broad jump10′5″
Bench press28 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.54 s

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

In the NFL

10 seasons, 119 games with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Seattle Seahawks101610
2012Seattle Seahawks122200
2013Seattle Seahawks125112
2014Seattle Seahawks103100
2015Oakland Raiders1611741
2016Oakland Raiders159701
2018San Francisco 49ers113100
2019Dallas Cowboys3500
2020Cleveland Browns156711
2021Cleveland Browns154102
NFL career11947877

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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