# Fernando Smith

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Fernando Smith 
| number      = 95, 96, 92
| position    = [Defensive end](/source/Defensive_end)
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1971|8|2|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Flint, Michigan](/source/Flint%2C_Michigan), U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 6
| weight_lb   = 284
| high_school = [Flint (MI) Northwestern](/source/Flint_Northwestern_High_School)
| college     = [Jackson State](/source/Jackson_State_Tigers_football)
| draftyear   = 1994
| draftround  = 2
| draftpick   = 55
| pastteams   =
* [Minnesota Vikings](/source/Minnesota_Vikings) ({{NFL Year|1994|1997}})<ref>{{cite book |title=Fernando Smith |date=August 2001 |pages=117–118 |url=https://archive.org/details/vikings-2001-media-guide-minnesota-c/page/116/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>
* [Jacksonville Jaguars](/source/Jacksonville_Jaguars) ({{NFL Year|1998}})
* [Baltimore Ravens](/source/Baltimore_Ravens) ({{NFL Year|1999}})
* Minnesota Vikings (2000)*
* [St. Louis Rams](/source/St._Louis_Rams) ({{NFL Year|2000}})
* Minnesota Vikings (2000)
* [Carolina Panthers](/source/Carolina_Panthers) ({{NFL Year|2002}})
| statlabel1  = Total [tackle](/source/Tackle_(football_move))s
| statvalue1  = 161
| statlabel2  = [Sack](/source/Quarterback_sack)s
| statvalue2  = 20.0
| statlabel3  = Forced [fumble](/source/fumble)s
| statvalue3  = 5
| statlabel4  = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4  = 7
| pfr         = SmitFe20 
}}

'''Fernando Smith''' (born August 2, 1971) is an American former professional [football](/source/American_football) player who was a [defensive end](/source/defensive_end) in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL). He is from [Flint, MI](/source/Flint%2C_MI) and graduated from [Flint Northwestern High School](/source/Flint_Northwestern_High_School) and then [Jackson State University](/source/Jackson_State_University) in 1994.

He was selected in the second round of the [1994 NFL draft](/source/1994_NFL_draft) with the 55th overall pick by the [Minnesota Vikings](/source/Minnesota_Vikings).<ref>{{Cite web |title=1994 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played 4 seasons for the Vikings, and then one season each for the [Jacksonville Jaguars](/source/Jacksonville_Jaguars), [Baltimore Ravens](/source/Baltimore_Ravens), and [St. Louis Rams](/source/St._Louis_Rams) before retiring in 2001.

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130125040005/http://www.hickoksports.com/history/nfldraft1994.shtml ''1994 Draft'']}}.
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930140700/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SMITHFER01 ''Player statistics - Fernando Smith'']}}
{{Vikings1994DraftPicks}}

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Category:1971 births
Category:Living people
Category:American football defensive ends
Category:Baltimore Ravens players
Category:Jacksonville Jaguars players
Category:Jackson State Tigers football players
Category:Minnesota Vikings players
Category:Players of American football from Flint, Michigan
Category:St. Louis Rams players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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