Telvin Smith
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Position (s): Linebacker |
Jersey number (s): 50 |
| born on April 11, 1991 in Valdosta , Georgia | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 2014 - 2018 | |
| NFL Draft : 2014 / Round: 5 / Pick: 144 | |
| College : Florida State | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Tackles | 586 |
| Sacks | 7.5 |
| Interceptions | 9 |
| Forced fumbles | 5 |
| Passes prevented | 26th |
| Touchdowns | 3 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Telvin Smith (* 11. April 1991 in Valdosta , Georgia ) is a former American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Jacksonville Jaguars as a linebacker .
college
Smith, who also made a name for himself as a track and field athlete during high school , attended Florida State University and played college football as a linebacker for their team, the Seminoles, with great success in 2010 and 2013 . In 54 games he was able to set 214 tackles and achieve 7.0 sacks . He also got two interceptions and two touchdowns . In 2013 he won the national championship with the Seminoles .
NFL
In the 2014 NFL Draft , he was selected in the fifth round as the 144th player of the Jacksonville Jaguars . He was awarded a four-year contract for $ 2.43 million . Smith was able to establish himself immediately and already appeared in all 16 games in his rookie season, nine times as a starter .
Together with the veteran Paul Posluszny , Smith subsequently became the defining personality of the Jaguar linebacker corps. In 2015 he scored his first touchdown against the Buffalo Bills .
In October 2017, his contract was extended prematurely, for four years he will now receive 45.05 million US dollars.
So far, Smith has been able to put more than 100 tackles every season, in 2017 he was the most productive tackler on his team in both the regular season and the play-offs and the Jaguars Defense was the second best defense in the league. For his consistently good performance, he was appointed to the Pro Bowl together with five other defensive players on his team . In 2018 he also performed consistently well.
In May 2019, he announced via Instagram that he would not start the coming season. He is taking time out to "take time for himself, his family and his health". According to his own information, Sith had several offers, but made no move to continue his career as an active athlete.
At the end of April 2020 he was arrested for sexually abusing a youth but was released on bail. but must expect an indictment.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ College stats on sports-reference.com, accessed June 2, 2018
- ↑ Contract details on spotrac.com, accessed on June 2, 2018
- ↑ Report on nfl.com from October 25th, accessed on June 3, 2018.
- ↑ 2017 team statistics on pro-football-reference.com, accessed on June 2, 2018
- ↑ Report on nfl.com from May 9, 2019, accessed on June 26, 2019
- ↑ Report on bigcatcountry.com of January 29, 2020, accessed on May 26, 2020
- ↑ Guardians report of April 30, 2020, accessed May 26, 2020
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| SURNAME | Smith, Telvin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valdosta , Georgia , United States |