:Fernando Smith

{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Fernando Smith

| number = 95, 96, 92

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|8|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Flint, Michigan, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 284

| high_school = Flint (MI) Northwestern

| college = Jackson State

| draftyear = 1994

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 55

| pastteams =

• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1994|1997}}){{cite book |title=Fernando Smith |date=August 2001 |pages=117–118 |url=https://archive.org/details/vikings-2001-media-guide-minnesota-c/page/116/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=21 September 2024}}
• Jacksonville Jaguars ({{NFL Year|1998}})
• Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|1999}})
• Minnesota Vikings (2000)*
• St. Louis Rams ({{NFL Year|2000}})
• Minnesota Vikings (2000)
• Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2002}})

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 161

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 20.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 5

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 7

| pfr = SmitFe20

}}

Fernando Smith (born August 2, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He is from Flint, MI and graduated from Flint Northwestern High School and then Jackson State University in 1994.

He was selected in the second round of the 1994 NFL draft with the 55th overall pick by the Minnesota Vikings.{{Cite web |title=1994 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played 4 seasons for the Vikings, and then one season each for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Baltimore Ravens, and St. Louis Rams before retiring in 2001.