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Fernando Smith

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Carolina Panthers · DE

Fernando Smith recorded 73 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 7 rostered seasons with Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams, Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars.

▶Best highlights

0.2

tackles/gm

6

playoff games

7

indexed seasons

73

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Fernando Smith's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1996
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DETROITLIONS
DEC 8, 1996

Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Dec 8, 1996

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1996
DENVERBRONCOS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NOV 24, 1996

Denver Broncos vs Minnesota Vikings

Regular Season · Nov 24, 1996

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1996
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NEW YORKGIANTS
SEP 29, 1996

Minnesota Vikings vs New York Giants

Regular Season · Sep 29, 1996

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
2000
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NEW YORKGIANTS
JAN 14, 2001

Minnesota Vikings vs New York Giants

Conference Championship · Jan 14, 2001

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
2000
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
JAN 6, 2001

New Orleans Saints vs Minnesota Vikings

Divisional Round · Jan 6, 2001

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Fernando Smith's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 4 total tackles

Conference Championship
2000
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
NEW YORKGIANTS
JAN 14, 2001

Minnesota Vikings vs New York Giants

Conference Championship · Jan 14, 2001

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 sacks

Regular Season
1996
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
DETROITLIONS
DEC 8, 1996

Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Dec 8, 1996

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career highs: 1 tackle for loss · 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
1999
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
BALTIMORERAVENS
DEC 19, 1999

New Orleans Saints vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Dec 19, 1999

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Fernando Smith's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2000

01
MINSMITH—Fernando Smith
MINCARTER80Cris Carter
MINMOSS84Randy Moss

The league's most explosive offense

Minnesota Vikings · Carter, Moss and the 1998 heartbreak

Moss transformed the league as a rookie and the 15–1 Vikings set a scoring record before falling in overtime one game short of the Super Bowl.

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Franchise era

1995–1999

02
JAXSMITH—Fernando Smith
JAXBRUNELL8Mark Brunell
JAXSMITH82Jimmy Smith

Four straight playoff trips and two AFC title games

Jacksonville Jaguars · The expansion rocket

Tom Coughlin built an expansion roster with extraordinary speed, upsetting Denver in 1996 and going 14–2 three years later.

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Franchise era

1996–1999

03
BALSMITH—Fernando Smith
BALLEWIS52Ray Lewis
BALOGDEN75Jonathan Ogden

A new franchise drafts its defensive spine

Baltimore Ravens · The Baltimore foundation

The Ravens used their first draft to select Lewis and Ogden, giving a young franchise two Hall of Fame pillars before the wins arrived.

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Franchise era

1999–2004

04
LARSMITH—Fernando Smith
LARWARNER13Kurt Warner
LARFAULK28Marshall Faulk

Speed and spacing transform the league

Los Angeles Rams · The Greatest Show on Turf

Warner's emergence, Faulk's versatility and a deep receiving corps produced two Super Bowls and the championship after the 1999 season.

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Career accomplishments

7 NFL seasons73 career games8 career solo tackles20 career sacksJersey: 926 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 4, 1994Most recent: Jan 14, 2001

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history