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

Defensive line, Western Kentucky, 2009–⁠12

Quanterus Smith

Number
No. 93
Height
6′5″
Weight
249 lb
Hometown
Loganville, GA
Born
Nov 26, 1989, in Decatur, Georgia

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Quanterus Smith played defensive line at Western Kentucky (2009–⁠12). The Denver Broncos took Smith in round 5, No. 146 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2012
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year
Drafted
No. 146
Round 5, 2013 NFL Draft (Denver Broncos)

Honors

All-America: College Football News third team 2012

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams

No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFFHur
20099751210000
20101230174710.54221
201112231538116.5004
20121028103818.512.5131
On file88471354123356

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.PosHtWt
2009Western Kentucky93DL
2010Western Kentucky93DL
2011Western Kentucky93DL
2012Western Kentucky93DL6′5″249

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.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2013
Height6′4¾″
Weight250 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size10⅜″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

1 season, 9 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014Denver Broncos9900

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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