Professional career Anthony Smith (safety)
1 professional career
1.1 pre-draft
1.2 pittsburgh steelers
1.3 green bay packers
1.4 st. louis rams
1.5 jacksonville jaguars
1.6 green bay packers
1.7 tennessee titans
professional career
pre-draft
smith ran 6.63 3-cone drill @ 2006 nfl combine, 12th best time in category. ran 40-yard time of 4.71 @ combine well.
pittsburgh steelers
smith started professional career pittsburgh steelers. during rookie year, smith played 16 games, starting final 4 @ free safety injured ryan clark. smith totaled 15 tackles (13 solo) 2 interceptions , 7 passes defensed , had 15 tackles on special teams.
during second year, had position battle clark starting free safety position, coaching staff stayed clark. however, smith got chance when re-injured clark went on injured reserve, promoting him starting safety.
in 2007, smith became infamous before game against undefeated patriots, when guaranteed win. re going win, smith said. yeah, can guarantee win. long come out , got do. both sides of ball rolling, , if our special teams come through us, ve got chance win. steelers lost game 34-13, smith allowing several big plays. after poor performance, included few blown coverages, smith benched in favor of tyrone carter.
in 2007, played in 16 games, starting 10 in place of injured clark, steelers defense ranked no. 1 in league. started 1 postseason contest. finished sixth on team 74 tackles , had 2 interceptions among 4 passes defensed, , first career forced fumble , fumble recovery. had 5 tackles on special teams
the following season, 2008, played in 14 games reserve safety , special teamer, recording 5 tackles (two solo) plus 4 special teams tackles.
green bay packers
after pittsburgh steelers failed tender smith offer restricted free agent in 2009 offseason, smith signed green bay packers on march 9. waived packers on september 5, 2009.
st. louis rams
smith claimed off waivers st. louis rams on september 6, 2009. waived on november 5.
jacksonville jaguars
smith claimed off waivers jacksonville jaguars on november 6, 2009.
green bay packers
smith traded green bay packers october 17, 2010. placed on injured reserve on december 18. packers, however, went on win super bowl xlv against former team pittsburgh steelers, making smith second-time super bowl champion.
tennessee titans
on august 9, 2011, smith signed tennessee titans. after playing in 13 games 0 starts , 4 tackles in 2011, smith retired nfl in 2012.
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