Taj Smith

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Taj Smith

No. 88 Saskatchewan Roughriders

Wide receiver

Personal information

Date of birth: September 30, 1983

Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey

Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight: 192 lb (87 kg)

Career information

College: Syracuse

Undrafted in 2008

Debuted in 2010 for the Indianapolis Colts

Career history

*Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Roster status: Active

Career NFL statistics

Stats at NFL.com

Stats at CFL.ca

Tajiddin M. Smith-Wilson (born September 30, 1983) is a professional gridiron football wide receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Syracuse and Bakersfield College.

He has also been a member of the Indianapolis Colts.

College Career

Bakersfield Community College Bakersfield: Set the single-season school record with 53 catches in 2005 … First player in Bakersfield history to catch more than 50 passes in a season … Compiled 960 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, which both rank third on the single season ledger … Had 95 catches in his two years with the Renegades, which is tied for the highest total in school history … His 1,670 career receiving yards and 16 career touchdowns both rank second all-time … First-team all-conference and an honorable mention All-American …

Professional career

Green Bay Packers

In his first 2008 preseason game with the Green Bay Packers, Smith caught two passes for 23 yards against the Cincinnati Bengals. He was waived by the team during final cuts on August 30.

Indianapolis Colts

Smith was signed to the practice squad of the Indianapolis Colts on September 25, 2008. He was released on December 3, but re-signed on December 8. After finishing the season on the practice squad, Smith was re-signed to a future contract on January 5, 2009. He spent the 2009 season on the practice squad, and was re-signed to a future contract on February 11, 2010. Taj Smith was cut on the Indianapolis Colts roster cut down day and was a free agent. He was later re-signed to add depth to Indianapolis's depleted receiver corps. On 5 December, in a game against the Dallas Cowboys Smith blocked a punt and recovered it in the endzone, tying the game for the Colts. Played in all 4 preseason games in 2011. He finished with 12 catches, 210 yards and 2TD and in the last preseason game he ended well with 8 catches, 140 yards, and the game winning Touchdown.

On September 3, 2011, Smith was waived by the Colts.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Smith signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL on January 30, 2012. In his first year in the CFL he spent the first four weeks on the practice roster and missed 1 game due to injury. Smith would go on to start 13 regular season games and the West Semi-Final at the wide receiver position. He finished with 47 catches for 690 yards and 2 touchdowns. Smith also played special teams adding 3 tackles, and had 4 catches for 81 yards in the playoffs.^[1]

In his second season in the CFL Smith became a more significant element of the Roughriders offense. Smith played in 17 of the 18 regular season games and totaled 1,007 receiving yards (7th most in the league) on 78 passes with 7 touchdowns. He added 191 receiving yards in 3 playoff games, and the Roughriders went on to win the 101st Grey Cup. On January 16 2014 Smith signed a new contract with the Roughriders, he was to become a free-agent in February 2014 if he was not signed.^[2]

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Active roster	1 Kory Sheets 2 Jock Sanders 3 Macho Harris 4 Darian Durant 6 Rob Bagg 8 Tino Sunseri 9 Matt Brown 11 Carlos Thomas 14 Prince Miller 17 Ricky Schmitt 19 Christopher Milo 20 Terrell Maze 21 Paul Woldu 22 Diamond Ferri 24 Woodny Turenne 25 Chris Garrett 28 Craig Butler 31 Samuel Hurl 32 Neal Hughes 33 Dwight Anderson 35 Weldon Brown 37 Rod Williams 38 Tristan Jackson 41 Tyron Brackenridge 42 Graig Newman 48 Renauld Williams 50 Cory Huclack 51 Tristan Black 57 Brendon LaBatte 58 Xavier Fulton 59 Hilee Taylor 62 Levi Steinhauer 65 Ben Heenan 66 Chris Best 68 Dominic Picard 69 Corey Watman 74 Keith Shologan 77 Dan Clark 80 Spencer Moore 81 Geroy Simon 85 Eron Riley 88 Taj Smith 89 Chris Getzlaf 93 Tearrius George 95 Ricky Foley 96 Alex Hall 97 John Chick 98 Jermaine McElveen

Practice roster	16 Eddie Russ 27 Brian Peters 30 Daryl Stephenson 43 Kevin Régimbald-Gagné 61 Brendan Dunn 63 Devin Tyler 71 Mitch Thompson 83 Alex Anthony 90 Antonio Coleman 96 Richard Sumlin

Injured List	10 Kierrie Johnson 12 Jordan Sisco 15 Milton Collins 18 Scott McHenry 26 Graeme Bell 45 Mike McCullough 52 Abraham Kromah 87 Aaron Hargreaves 92 Zack Evans

Suspended List	82 Yamon Figurs

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 101st Grey Cup Champions

Chairman Roger Brandvold
President/Chief Exective Office - Jim Hopson
General Manager Brendan Taman
Assistant General Manager Jeremy O'Day
Head coach: Corey Chamblin

Assistant coaches: George Cortez
Bob Dyce
Richie Hall
Todd Howard
Khari Jones
Richard Kent
Doug Malone
Barron Miles
Jason Tucker

Persondata
Name	Smith, Taj
Alternative names
Short description	Player of American football
Date of birth	September 30, 1983
Place of birth	Newark, New Jersey
Date of death
Place of death

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