No. 79 – Kansas City Chiefs | |||||
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Hempstead, New York, U.S. | June 23, 1993||||
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||
Weight: | 338 lb (153 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Owings Mills (MD) | ||||
College: | Penn State (2011–2014) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2015 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Donovan Cole Smith (born June 23, 1993) is an American football offensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State, and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
Smith was born in Hempstead, New York and lived in New York until he and his twin sister moved to Owings Mills, Maryland prior to their sophomore year in high school to live with their uncle and his wife. [1]
He attended Owings Mills High School, where he played football. He did not allow a single sack as a junior or senior and also was a standout defensive lineman. Smith played in the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. [2] Smith also participated in track & field. Smith was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and was ranked as the ninth-best offensive tackle in his class. [3] He committed to Penn State to play college football. [4]
Smith attended Penn State from 2011 to 2014. After redshirting his first year, Smith became a starter in 2012 and would start 31 games during his career. [5]
After the 2014 season, Smith decided to forgo his final year of eligibility and entered the 2015 NFL Draft. [6] [7]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 5+5⁄8 in (1.97 m) | 338 lb (153 kg) | 34+3⁄8 in (0.87 m) | 10+5⁄8 in (0.27 m) | 5.01 s | 1.82 s | 3.04 s | 4.79 s | 7.95 s | 32 in (0.81 m) | 9 ft 1 in (2.77 m) | 26 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine except 40 yd dash from Penn State Pro Day [8] |
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Smith in the second round with the 34th overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. [9] On June 1, 2015, the Buccaneers signed him to a four-year, $6.06 million contract with $4.37 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2.67 million. [10]
He entered his rookie season as the Buccaneers' starting left tackle. Smith started the Buccaneers' season-opening loss to the Tennessee Titans. [11] He finished his rookie season starting all 16 regular season contests. [12]
Smith was named the starting left tackle again the following season under new head coach Dirk Koetter. In the 2016 season, he played in all 16 games and started 15. [13] In the 2017 and 2018 seasons, he started all 16 games. [14] [15]
On March 5, 2019, Smith signed a three-year, $41.5 million contract extension with the Buccaneers. [16]
Smith was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on December 18, 2020, [17] and activated on December 22. [18] Smith played and started all four games in the Buccaneers' playoff run that resulted in the team winning Super Bowl LV. [19] [20]
On March 25, 2021, Smith signed a two-year, $31.8 million contract extension with the Buccaneers through the 2023 season. [21] [22]
On March 7, 2023, Buccaneers released Smith after eight seasons. [23]
Smith signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on May 4, 2023. [24] In Smith's first season with the Chiefs, he helped them win Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers 25–22 to give Smith his second Super Bowl ring. [25]
Legend | |
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First Team All-Pro | |
Second Team All-Pro | |
Won the Super Bowl | |
No type penalty | |
Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Offense | ||||||||
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GP | GS | Snaps | Pct | Holding | False start | Decl/Pen | Acpt/Pen | ||||
2015 | TB | 16 | 16 | 1,090 | 100% | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||
2016 | TB | 16 | 16 | 1,134 | 100% | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 | ||
2017 | TB | 16 | 16 | 1,059 | 97% | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
2018 | TB | 16 | 16 | 1,115 | 100% | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
2019 | TB | 15 | 15 | 1,056 | 99% | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
2020 | TB | 15 | 15 | 962 | 96% | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
2021 | TB | 17 | 17 | 1,148 | 97% | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
2022 | TB | 13 | 13 | 907 | 96% | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||
2023 | KC | 9 | 9 | 594 | 98% | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Career | 133 | 133 | 9,065 | 98% | 37 | 27 | 11 | 77 |
Smith was raised by his mother, Sharon Smith, and has four siblings. He has three sisters named Ebony, Tamika, and Danielle and has one brother named Dwayne. He studied criminology at Penn State and wants to become a detective or FBI agent in the future. He also enjoys reading, cooking, video games, fishing, and watching standup comedy. [26]
He appeared as a human canvas on the eighth season of Spike TV's Ink Master . [27]
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