Jaylon Smith

Jaylon Smith

Jaylon Smith (2017)
Dallas Cowboys - No. 54
Linebacker
Date of birth: June 14, 1995
Place of birth: Fort Wayne , Indiana
Height: 1.88 m	Weight: 111 kg
NFL debut
2017 for the Dallas Cowboys
Career
College : Notre Dame
NFL Draft : 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34
Teams: Dallas Cowboys (since 2016 )
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowl ( 2019 ) Butkus Award (2015)
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles	344
Sacks	7.5
Forced fumbles	6th
Interceptions	1
Passes prevented	15th
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Jaylon Smith (* 27. July 1995 in Fort Wayne , Indiana ) is an American American football player at the position of the linebackers . He played college football for the University of Notre Dame and has been with the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL) since 2016 .

college

From 2013 to 2015, Smith played college football . He attended the University of Notre Dame and played there for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the NCAA Division I FBS. After playing as an outside linebacker in his first season, he was used as a middle linebacker from his sophomore year. In total he ran in 38 games for the Fighting Irish in three years and scored 168 tackles and 4.5 sacks in this period and prevented ten opposing passes. In the 2015 season he won the Butkus Award for best linebacker in college football. At his

In his last college game, the Fiesta Bowl on January 1, 2016, which Notre Dame lost to Ohio State , Smith tore a cruciate ligament. Nevertheless, on January 11, 2016, he announced that he would be giving up a possible fourth year of college and signing up for the NFL Draft .

NFL

In the 2016 NFL Draft , Smith was selected 34th in the 2nd round by the Dallas Cowboys . Already at the draft it was foreseeable that Smith would not be able to play in his rookie year due to his knee injury.

His NFL debut in the regular season finally made Smith on the first day of the 2017 season in a victory over the New York Giants , in which he scored seven tackles and was able to force a fumbles . Overall, he was in his first NFL season in all 16 games, including six as a starter. He made 80 tackles, two forced fumbles and two defended passes.

In the 2018 season , Smith was used as a starter in all sixteen games. He staked 121 tackles, forced two fumbles, and scored four sacks. Pro Football Focus named him Breakout Player of the Year .

Before the 2019 season, the Cowboys extended the contract with Smith for five years until 2024. The contract amount is 64 million US dollars, of which 35.5 million is guaranteed. As a replacement for the injured Luke Kuechly , Smith was appointed to the Pro Bowl for the first time .

Web links

Commons : Jaylon Smith  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dan Murphy, Smith Moves To The Middle on 247sports.com. April 16, 2014, accessed February 19, 2020.
2. ^ College statistics on sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
3. ↑ Chase Goodbread: Notre Dame LB Jaylon Smith wins Butkus Award on nfl.com. December 8, 2015, accessed February 19, 2020.
4. ↑ Adam Wells: Jaylon Smith Declares for 2016 NFL Draft: Latest Comments and Reaction on bleacherreport.com. January 11, 2016, accessed February 18, 2020.
5. ↑ Chris Wesseling: Cowboys pull stunner by selecting Jaylon Smith No. 34 on nfl.com. April 29, 2016, accessed February 19, 2020.
6. ↑ Todd Archer: Jaylon Smith's first NFL game only the beginning, not a milestone on espn.com. September 12, 2017, accessed February 19, 2020.
7. ↑ John Newby: Cowboys Jaylon Smith named PFF's Breakout Player of the Year on 247sports.com. January 30, 2019, accessed February 19, 2020.
8. ↑ Calvin Watkins: Jaylon Smith's brand loyalty paid off, big time. Dallas linebacker wants to be a cowboy 'for life'. In: The Dallas Morning News . August 21, 2019, accessed on February 18, 2020.
9. ↑ Rob Phillips: Amari Cooper, Jaylon Smith Named To Pro Bowl on the Dallas Cowboys website. January 9, 2020, accessed February 18, 2020.