Harrison Smith

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Harrison Smith
Harrison Smith (American football) .JPG
Harrison Smith (2013)
Minnesota Vikings - No. 22
Free safety
Date of birth: February 2, 1989
Place of birth: Augusta , Georgia
Height: 1.88 m Weight: 97 kg
NFL debut
2012 for the Minnesota Vikings
Career
College : Notre Dame
NFL Draft : 2012 / Round: 1 / Pick: 29
 Teams:
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles     658
Sacks     13.0
Forced fumbles     7th
Interceptions     23
Passes prevented     57
Touchdowns     4th
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Harrison Smith (* 2. February 1989 in Augusta , Georgia ) is an American American football poker players. He plays with the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League (NFL) as Free Safety .

college

Smith, who also excelled in basketball and athletics during high school , was offered athletic scholarships from several universities. He decided on the University of Notre Dame and played for their team, the Fighting Irish, successful college football , where he was able to set a number of school records.

NFL

In the 2012 NFL Draft , he was selected in the 1st round as the 29th player of the Minnesota Vikings . He was already convincing in his rookie year and was a starter in all 16 games . He got 3 interceptions , two of which he could even use for touchdowns . In 2013 he was only able to play 8 games due to an injury and in 2015 he was unlucky with injuries and was out for three games.
In 2016, he was awarded a new five-year contract for $ 51.25 million, 28.57 of which was guaranteed. He blossomed into a defining personality in the defense of the Vikings. For his consistently good performance, he was appointed to the Pro Bowl every year from 2015 to 2019 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Player portrait ( memento of the original from August 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the Fighting Irish homepage, accessed on February 12, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.und.com
  2. Report on nfl.com from June 5, 2016, accessed on May 20, 2020