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Preston Smith in the NFL
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Defensive line, Mississippi State, 2011–⁠14

Preston Smith

Number
No. 91
Height
6′6″
Hometown
Stone Mountain, GA
Born
Nov 17, 1992, in Lithonia, Georgia

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Preston Smith played defensive line at Mississippi State (2011–⁠14). The Washington Redskins took Smith in round 2, No. 38 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Best season
2014
First-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 38
Round 2, 2015 NFL Draft (Washington Redskins)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2014Mississippi State2

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFFHur
2011543700110
2012121817355.54.5012
2013N122915446.52.531–
On file51358612743–

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
2011Mississippi State91DL
2012Mississippi State91DL
2013Mississippi State91DL
2014Mississippi State91DL6′6″

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

2014 Mississippi State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Aug 30vs.Southern MissW 49–⁠01
Sep 6vs.UABW 47–⁠341

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 2015 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–⁠34).

DrillCombine 2015
Height6′4⅞″
Weight271 lb
Arm length34″
Hand size10⅝″
40-yard dash4.74 s
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press24 reps
3-cone drill7.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 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

11 seasons, 163 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Commanders.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015Washington Redskins153380
2016Washington Redskins15364.51
2017Washington Redskins143982
2018Washington Redskins154841
2019Green Bay Packers1654121
2020Green Bay Packers153840
2021Green Bay Packers123590
2022Green Bay Packers16508.50
2023Green Bay Packers174180
2024Pittsburgh Steelers16324.50
2025Washington Commanders12240.50
NFL career163430715

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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