Jacques Smith (born December 31, 1991) is an American football defensive end and linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at the University of Tennessee from 2010 to 2013, was a member of the Atlanta Falcons' practice squad in 2014.
| Personal information | |
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| Born: | (1991-12-31) December 31, 1991 (age 30) Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 258 lb (117 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Ooltewah (TN) |
| College: | Tennessee |
| Position: | Defensive end |
| Undrafted: | 2014 |
| Career history | |
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, grew up in Ooltewah, Tennessee. He attended Ooltewah High School and was ranked as the No. 6 weakside defensive end by Rivals.com and the No. 8 defensive end in nation by Scout.com,[1] and the No. 1 prospect in the State of Tennessee by some publications,[2] including the Knoxville News Sentinel[3] and Rivals.com.[1] He was also selected by USA Today as a first-team player on its All-USA high school football team.[1] Smith was also selected to be on the East team of the Arm All-American 2010 team.
Jacques Smith played for the Volunteers 2010-2014. Through his years at the university Jacques achieved Freshman-All SEC honors as well as being slated as member of the teams "Player Council". Although Jacques experienced minor setbacks during his sophomore season due to injury he still became a full-time starter and an important role player for the Volunteers.
Smith was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in May 2014,[4] fined $8,268 for taking a punch at Taylor Lewan during the Falcons' third exhibition game,[5] and cut two days later at the end of August 2014.[6][7] He played for the Falcons' practice squad during the 2014 NFL season.[8] On May 1, 2015, Smith was waived by the Falcons.[9]