Robaire Smith
{{Short description|American football player (born 1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image =
| number = 98, 99, 96
| position = Defensive end
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|11|15}}
| birth_place = Flint, Michigan, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lbs = 310
| high_school = Flint Northern
| college = Michigan State
| draftyear = 2000
| draftround = 6
| draftpick = 197
| pastteams =
- Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|2000}}–{{NFL Year|2003}})
- Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2004}}–{{NFL Year|2005}})
- Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|2006}})
- Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2007}}–{{NFL Year|2010}})
| highlights =
- First-team All-Big Ten (1999)
- Second-team All-Big Ten (1997)
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 398
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 21.0
| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles
| statvalue3 = 1
| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4 = 3
| pfr = SmitRo21
}}
Robaire Fredrick Smith (born November 15, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans.
High school and college career
Smith was a Parade All-America selection as a senior at Flint Northern High School.{{cite news |url= http://www.mlive.com/sports/flint/index.ssf/2009/11/once_a_flint_legend_cleveland.html |title= Cleveland Browns defensive end Robaire Smith returns to Michigan |work= Flint Journal |date= November 22, 2009 |accessdate= January 29, 2010}} He earned first-team all-state honors with 92 tackles, 11 sacks and caught 17 passes for 297 yards and six touchdowns. He then attended Michigan State University and ranks fifth on the Spartans' career list with 22 sacks and fourth in tackles for loss with 48. He finished his college career with 191 tackles, three interceptions, four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
NFL career
Smith was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round (197th overall) in the 2000 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2000 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2000/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} In his rookie year, he played in eight games, recording six tackles, 2.5 sacks and one pass defensed. In 2001, he played in ten games, registering 16 tackles and two sacks. Smith signed with the Houston Texans in 2004 as an unrestricted free agent. He was cut on September 3, 2006, and re-signed with the Titans on September 6, 2006. He signed a contract as a free agent with the Cleveland Browns on March 16, 2007.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2007-03-16-notebook_N.htm|title=Titans welcome Gage, Fowler into fold|date=March 16, 2007|newspaper=USA Today|accessdate=January 29, 2010}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 2000 | TEN
| 7 || 0 || 6 || 5 || 1 || 2.5 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2001 | TEN
| 10 || 0 || 7 || 5 || 2 || 2.0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | TEN
| 16 || 2 || 34 || 25 || 9 || 2.5 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | TEN
| 16 || 15 || 35 || 20 || 15 || 4.5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 43 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2004 | HOU
| 16 || 16 || 52 || 32 || 20 || 2.0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | HOU
| 16 || 16 || 68 || 43 || 25 || 1.5 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | TEN
| 15 || 12 || 48 || 32 || 16 || 0.5 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2007 | CLE
| 16 || 16 || 56 || 42 || 14 || 4.0 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 | CLE
| 2 || 2 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | CLE
| 15 || 15 || 62 || 43 || 19 || 1.5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2010 | CLE
| 5 || 5 || 25 || 13 || 12 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 134 | 99 | 398 | 265 | 133 | 21.0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 0 |
=Playoffs=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 2002 | TEN
| 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 | TEN
| 2 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Personal life
Smith married his long-time girlfriend Monek on March 13, 2007, in Jamaica. The two have four children together, including a set of identical twin boys.{{cite news|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18816836&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46370&rfi=6|title=Crennel acknowledges stealing signs common|date=September 14, 2007|publisher=ZWire.com|accessdate=January 29, 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} His brother, Fernando Smith, played 7 seasons in the NFL.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080306021504/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/player.php?id=2866 Cleveland Browns bio]
{{Tennessee Titans 2000 draft navbox}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Robaire}}
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Category:Players of American football from Flint, Michigan