Receiver, Syracuse, to 2007
Taj Smith
- Hometown
- Bakersfield, CA
- Born
- Sep 30, 1983, in Newark, New Jersey
Wikipedia readers: about 118 a month over the past year
Taj Smith played receiver at Syracuse (to 2007).
Career highs
6catches, best game on filetwice; last at Pittsburgh, 2007173receiving yards, best game on fileat Louisville, 20072receiving touchdowns, best game on fileat Louisville, 2007Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
Game by game
2007 Syracuse 12 games, 44 catches, 822 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Washington | L 12–42 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Sep 8 | at Iowa | L 0–35 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 28 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. Illinois | L 20–41 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Sep 22 | at Louisville | W 38–35 | 4 | 173 | 2 | 79 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | at Miami (OH) | L 14–17 | 6 | 81 | 1 | 28 | – |
| Oct 6 | vs. West Virginia | L 14–55 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 20 | – |
| Oct 13 | vs. Rutgers | L 14–38 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Buffalo | W 20–12 | 3 | 113 | 0 | 60 | – |
| Nov 3 | at Pittsburgh | L 17–20 | 6 | 109 | 1 | 56 | 7 |
| Nov 10 | vs. South Florida | L 10–41 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| Nov 17 | at UConn | L 7–30 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Cincinnati | L 31–52 | 5 | 126 | 1 | 78 | – |
2006 Syracuse 4 games, 12 catches, 227 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Wake Forest | L 10–20 | – | – | – | – | 24 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Iowa | L 13–20 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 40 | −2 |
| Sep 16 | atIllinois | W 31–21 | 5 | 106 | 1 | 65 | 48 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Miami (OH) | W 34–14 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 52 | −2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 | Combine or pro day 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅜″ | |
| Weight | 187 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¼″ | |
| Hand size | 8¾″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.59 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 s | |
| Vertical jump | 35″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ | |
| Bench press | 35 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.15 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.50 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2012–15 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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