Linebacker, Texas Tech, 2012–⁠13

Will Smith

Number
No. 7
Height
6′3″
Weight
220 lb
Hometown
Riverside, CA
Born
Jan 13, 1992

Will Smith played linebacker at Texas Tech (2012–⁠13). The Dallas Cowboys took Smith in round 7, No. 238 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2013
First-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 238
Round 7, 2014 NFL Draft (Dallas Cowboys)

Honors

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUHur
2012133521561.5003
2013N13863412010.54.52–
On file12155176124.52–

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.PosHtWt
2012Texas Tech7LB
2013Texas Tech7LB6′3″220

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

DrillPro day 2014
Height6′2⅛″
Weight231 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size8½″
40-yard dash4.59 s
10-yard split1.62 sW
Vertical jump37½″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.04 s
20-yard shuttle4.53 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

His NFL seasons aren’t on this page yet: our NFL numbers are matched to college players by an ID his college record doesn’t carry.

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