Troy Smith in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Ohio State, 2002–⁠06

Troy Smith

Lettered 2003–⁠06 (school media guide)

Born
Jul 20, 1984, in Columbus, Ohio

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Troy Smith played quarterback at Ohio State (2002–⁠06). He won the 2006 Heisman Trophy, the 2006 Davey O’Brien Award and the 2006 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2006. The Baltimore Ravens took Smith in round 5, No. 174 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2,542
Passing yards, 2006 (Ohio State, 12–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 174
Round 5, 2007 NFL Draft (Baltimore Ravens)

Career highs

342passing yards, best game on filevs. Notre Dame, 20054touchdown passes, best game on filefour times; last vs. Michigan, 2006145rushing yards, best game on filevs. Michigan, 20042rushing touchdowns, best game on filefour times; last vs. Northwestern, 2005

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2005 and 2006

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

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GGSCmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
200200
2003110000.00000.03144.70
2004856812255.789683134.2823394.12
2005111114923762.92,282164162.71366114.511
2006131320331165.32,542306161.9622283.81
Career43294206705,72054132831,19214

From the college statistics table in Smith’s Wikipedia article (Troy 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).

Game by game

2006 Ohio State 13 games, 2,542 passing yards, 30 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.Northern IllinoisW 35–⁠12182529730−1
Sep 9atTexasW 24–⁠7172626920−13
Sep 16vs.CincinnatiW 37–⁠72130203200
Sep 23vs.Penn StateW 28–⁠612221151218
Sep 30atIowaW 38–⁠1716251864020
Oct 7vs.Bowling GreenW 35–⁠717201913054
Oct 14atMichigan StateW 38–⁠715222342010
Oct 21vs.IndianaW 44–⁠315232204038
Oct 28vs.MinnesotaW 44–⁠014211831043
Nov 4atIllinoisW 17–⁠1013231080137
Nov 11atNorthwesternW 54–⁠1012191854115
Nov 18vs.MichiganW 42–⁠3929413164112
Jan 8 ✦vs.FloridaL 14–⁠414143501−29
2005 Ohio State 11 games, 2,282 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 10vs.TexasL 22–⁠25511781027
Sep 17vs.San Diego StateW 27–⁠614261490187
Sep 24vs.IowaW 31–⁠6131919120127
Oct 8atPenn StateL 10–⁠1713251390115
Oct 15vs.Michigan StateW 35–⁠2410152493042
Oct 22atIndianaW 41–⁠1014232261155
Oct 29atMinnesotaW 45–⁠3114202333025
Nov 5vs.IllinoisW 40–⁠213212983055
Nov 12vs.NorthwesternW 48–⁠7712770175
Nov 19atMichiganW 25–⁠2127373001037
Jan 2 ✦vs.Notre DameW 34–⁠2019283422066
2004 Ohio State 8 games, 896 passing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.CincinnatiW 27–⁠62329107
Sep 11vs.MarshallW 24–⁠21020000
Oct 16atIowaL 7–⁠3381276107
Oct 23vs.IndianaW 30–⁠712241612058
Oct 30vs.Penn StateW 21–⁠1068590026
Nov 6atMichigan StateW 32–⁠1913211381034
Nov 13atPurdueL 17–⁠2414291921362
Nov 20vs.MichiganW 37–⁠21132324120145

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2007Combine or pro day 2007
Height6′0″
Weight225 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size10⅛″
40-yard dash4.72 sW
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump36½″W
Broad jump10′2″W
3-cone drill6.93 sW
20-yard shuttle4.23 sW

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

4 seasons, 18 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2007Baltimore Ravens440764522054
2008Baltimore Ravens534821024
2009Baltimore Ravens359240131
2010San Francisco 49ers6731451,17654121
NFL career181212341,73485230

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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2011UFLOmaha Nighthawks
2013–⁠14CFLMontreal Alouettes

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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