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Position: | Tight end | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. | October 13, 1971||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 262 lb (119 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Pemberton Township (NJ) | ||||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1993 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Irvin Martin Smith Sr. (born October 13, 1971) is a former American football tight end who was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first round (20th overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft. [1]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
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6 ft 3+1⁄8 in (1.91 m) | 255 lb (116 kg) | 33+3⁄8 in (0.85 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.81 s | 1.66 s | 2.82 s | 4.46 s | 31.5 in (0.80 m) | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) | 16 reps | ||
All values from NFL Combine [2] |
A 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 262 lb (119 kg) tight end, he went on to star at the University of Notre Dame. Smith played in the NFL from 1993 to 1999.
Smith co-hosts "EZ Sports Talk" with his older brother, former Atlanta Falcons tight end Ed "EZ" Smith, in Phoenix, Arizona. His son, Irv Smith Jr., played college football as a tight end at the University of Alabama and is a member of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs.
Year | Team | GP | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||
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Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FD | Fum | Lost | |||
1993 | NO | 16 | 16 | 180 | 11.3 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 |
1994 | NO | 16 | 41 | 330 | 8.0 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | NO | 16 | 45 | 466 | 10.4 | 43 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
1996 | NO | 7 | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | NO | 11 | 17 | 180 | 10.6 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
1998 | SF | 16 | 25 | 266 | 10.6 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | CLE | 13 | 24 | 222 | 9.3 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Career [3] | 95 | 183 | 1,788 | 9.8 | 43 | 15 | 97 | 3 | 3 |
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