Irv Smith Jr.

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Irv Smith Jr.
Minnesota Vikings - No. 84
Tight end
Date of birth: August 9, 1998
Place of birth: New Orleans , Louisiana
Height: 1.88 m Weight: 109 kg
NFL debut
2019 for the Minnesota Vikings
Career
College : Alabama
NFL Draft : 2019 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50
 Teams:
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-Team All-SEC (2018)
  • College Football Playoff National Championship (2017)
  • 2 × SEC Champion (2016, 2018)
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Captured passports     36
Captive yards     311
Touchdowns     2
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Irv Smith Jr. (* 9. August 1998 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American American football poker players on the position of tight ends . He played college football for Alabama Crimson Tide and was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the 2019 NFL Draft in the second round .

Early years

Irv Smith Jr. and his family moved to Arizona shortly after he was born , where he spent the first 14 years of his life. At the age of 14 he moved back to Louisiana, where he attended Brother Martin High School. In his senior year, he had 31 passes for 558 yards and four touchdowns . Originally, Smith wanted to play college football for Texas A&M University , but he went to the University of Alabama .

College career

In his 2016 freshman year, Smith had no pass catches. In 2017, he caught 14 passes for 128 yards and three touchdowns. He played in 14 games. In the 2018 season he played as a starter. In January 2019, he announced that he would be enrolling in the 2019 NFL Draft . There he was selected in the 2nd round in 50th place by the Minnesota Vikings .

College statistics

year team Games Receiving
Rec Yards Avg TD
2017 Alabama 9 14th 128 9.1 3
2018 Alabama 15th 44 710 16.1 7th
total 24 58 838 14.4 10

Personal

His father Irv Smith Sr. also played in the National Football League as a tight end.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brother Martin alum Irv Smith's New Orleans homecoming with Alabama as sweet as sugar | Sports . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Tight end Irv Smith Jr. an integral part of Alabama's big-play offense . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ Improved blocking from tight end Smith Jr. has expanded his game, Tide offense . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  4. ↑ Promising Alabama tight end following in father's footsteps . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Irv Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana