Shane Smith (American football)

Shane Kristofer Smith (born August 24, 1993) is a former American football fullback. He attended college at San Jose State.[1]

Shane Smith
Smith in 2016.
No. 43
Position:Fullback
Personal information
Born: (1993-08-21) August 21, 1993
Santa Clara, California
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:241 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school:Los Gatos
(Los Gatos, California)
College:San Jose State
Undrafted:2017
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Early life and college career

Born in Santa Clara, California and raised in nearby Los Gatos, Smith attended Los Gatos High School and San José State University. With the San Jose State Spartans football team, Smith redshirted the 2012 season as a linebacker and played at running back and fullback from 2013 to 2016.[2][3] During the 2015 season, Smith played mostly as a blocker for running back Tyler Ervin, who set a school single-season rushing record of 1,601 yards.[2] Smith had far more receiving than rushing yards, accumulating only 18 rushing yards on eight attempts compared to 189 yards on 16 receptions, including two touchdowns.[2]

Professional career

New York Giants

Smith signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent following the 2017 NFL Draft.[4] He played in the first three games after making the team's 53-man roster, starting two, before being waived on September 28, 2017 and signed to the practice squad the next day.[5] He was promoted back to the active roster on November 11, 2017.[6] In his rookie season, Smith played in 11 games with four starts, playing mostly as a blocker.[7]

On September 19, 2018, Smith was waived by the Giants.[8]

New Orleans Saints

On August 11, 2019, Smith was signed by the New Orleans Saints.[9] He was waived during final roster cuts on August 30, 2019.[10] He was suspended by the NFL for four weeks on October 9, 2019.[11] He was reinstated from suspension on November 6, 2019.

References
  1. "New York Giants: Shane Smith". Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  2. "Shane Smith". San Jose State University. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  3. http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/sjsu-m-footbl-mtt-2012.html
  4. Salomone, Dan (May 11, 2017). "Complete guide to Giants' 2017 undrafted free agents". Giants.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  5. Eisen, Michael (September 28, 2017). "Giants make roster moves, place J.T. Thomas on IR". Giants.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018.
  6. "Giants waive Matt LaCosse, promote Shane Smith to 53-man roster". 247Sports.com. November 11, 2017.
  7. "Shane Smith". New York Giants. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  8. "Giants claim former Vikings WR Stacy Coley, waive FB Smith". Giants.com. September 19, 2018.
  9. "Report: Saints add free agent fullback Shane Smith". Saints Wire. USA Today. August 11, 2019.
  10. "New Orleans Saints make roster moves". NewOrleansSaints.com. August 30, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  11. @HBalzer721 (October 11, 2019). "Free agents suspended Wednesday for four weeks were DB Hamp Cheevers and RB Shane Smith" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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