Linebacker, Georgia, 2015–17
Roquan Smith
- Number
- No. 3
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Hometown
- Montezuma, GA
- Born
- Apr 8, 1997, in Montezuma, Georgia
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Roquan Smith played linebacker at Georgia (2015–17). He won the 2017 Butkus Award. He finished 10th in the 2017 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2017. The Chicago Bears took Smith in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
13tackles, career highfour times; last vs. Alabama, 2017Honors
- 2017Butkus Award
- 2017Consensus All‑American
- 2017SEC Defensive Player of the Year
- 2017First-team All-SEC
- 201710th in the Heisman vote
Team titles: SEC champions, 2017
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | Int | Yds | TD | PD | FF | FR | |
| 2015 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 95 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 137 | 85 | 53 | 14 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 252 | 146 | 107 | 20.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
From the college statistics table in Smith’s Wikipedia article (Roquan Smith, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
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
2017 Georgia 14 games, 125 tackles, 6.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. App State | W 31–10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Notre Dame | W 20–19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Samford | W 42–14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Mississippi State | W 31–3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Tennessee | W 41–0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Vanderbilt | W 45–14 | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Missouri | W 53–28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Florida | W 42–7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. South Carolina | W 24–10 | 9 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Kentucky | W 42–13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Georgia Tech | W 38–7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Auburn | W 28–7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | W 54–48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs. Alabama | L 23–26 | 13 | 9 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 |
2016 Georgia 13 games, 95 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. North Carolina | W 33–24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Nicholls | W 26–24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | atMissouri | W 28–27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Ole Miss | L 14–45 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Tennessee | L 31–34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | atSouth Carolina | W 28–14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Vanderbilt | L 16–17 | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Florida | L 10–24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atKentucky | W 27–24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Auburn | W 13–7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Louisiana | W 35–21 | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Georgia Tech | L 27–28 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. TCU | W 31–23 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2018 | Combine or pro day 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅞″ | |
| Weight | 236 lb | |
| Arm length | 32″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| Wingspan | 77″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.51 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.51 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′9″ |
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
9 seasons, 130 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.
Pro Bowls: 4 (2022–25) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2022–24) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2020–21)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2022–24; AP second team 2020–21; Sporting News first team 2020, 2024.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 114 | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 | Chicago Bears | 12 | 100 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 137 | 4 | 2 |
| 2021 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 153 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | Baltimore Ravens | 17 | 150 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2023 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 148 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 144 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2025 | Baltimore Ravens | 15 | 128 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Baltimore Ravens | 5 | 42 | 1 | 1 |
| NFL career | 130 | 1,116 | 22.5 | 11 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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