Terrelle Smith

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Terrelle Smith
Terrelle Smith
Date of birth	March 12, 1978
Place of birth	West Covina, CA
Position(s)	Fullback
College	Arizona State
NFL Draft	2000 / Round 4 / 96th overall
Statistics	Pro Football Reference
Team(s)
2000–2003 2004–	New Orleans Saints Cleveland Browns

Terrelle Smith (born March 12, 1978 in West Covina, CA) is an American football fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. At Arizona State, Smith served as a blocking back for J.R. Redmond after moving to fullback from the linebacker position. He had twenty-two carries for 129 yards (5.7 yards-per-carry average) with one touchdown, and added eleven receptions for 95 yards.

Smith was drafted 96th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints and appeared in fourteen games, including nine starts. He assumed the starting fullback role after being drafted and became one of the top blocking fullbacks in the league. He posted twenty-nine rushes for 131 yards and twelve receptions for 65 yards. He played all sixteen regular season games for the Saints during the 2002 season for the first time in his career, and helped bolster Deuce McAllister's rushing totals in 2003 thanks to his blocking.

Smith was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an unrestricted free agent on March 11, 2004 and played in all sixteen games of the 2004 season, including nine starts. He blocked for Lee Suggs' career-high 744-yard season. Smith went on to play in all sixteen games of the 2005 season (starting fifteen) and helped Reuben Droughns achieve the Browns' first thousand-yard season since the mid-1980s.