Roquan Smith, born Roquan Daevon Smith is a linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens. He played college football at Georgia and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 2018 NFL Draft. He played four seasons with the Bears before joining the Ravens in the 2022 mid-season.
Smith won the Butkus Award during his college football years. He thereby became the first Georgia Bulldog to win the award.
Talking about his love life, Smith is not dating anyone as of 2024.
Career Highlights
- Smith played college football under head coaches Mark Richt and Kirby Smart.
- He played 12 games and recorded 20 tackles as a freshman at Georgia in 2015.
- Smith recorded 95 tackles from 13 games he played in his sophomore year.
- He was named the Defensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press following his junior year.
- Roquan decided to forgo his senior college season and entered the NFL Draft 2018.
- The Chicago Bears selected Smith in the first round, with eighth overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.
- He signed a four-year, $18.47 million contract, including a signing bonus of $11.51 million on August 14, 2018.
- Smith made his NFL debut in Week 1 against the Green Bay Packers, where he recorded a sack on the quarterback DeShone Kizer.
- He finished his rookie season with 121 tackles, five sacks, five passes defended, and one interception from 16 games.
- Bears picked the fifth-year option in Smith’s contract on April 27, 2021, which guaranteed a 9.7 million for the 2022 season.
- Smith finished the 2021 season with 163 total tackles, one interception, and three passes defended from 17 matches.
- He played eight games for the Bears in the 2022 season before he was traded to the Ravens for A.J. Klein, a 2023 second-round pick and a 2023 fifth-round pick.
- Smith recorded a career-high 169 tackles (103 solo), 4.5 sacks, three interceptions, and six passes defended in the 2022 season.
- On January 10, 2023, Smith signed a five-year, $100 million contract extension with the Ravens. With the signing, Roquan Smith became the highest-paid linebacker in the NFL.
- Smith changed his jersey number to #0 in May 2023.
Career Stats
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | GS | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
| 2018 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 14 | 89 | 32 | 121 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Chicago Bears | 12 | 12 | 66 | 35 | 101 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 16 | 98 | 41 | 139 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 17 | 95 | 68 | 163 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Chicago Bears | 8 | 8 | 52 | 31 | 83 | 44 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Baltimore Ravens | 9 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 86 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 16 | 84 | 74 | 158 | 74 | 1.5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 94 | 92 | 535 | 316 | 851 | 486 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 162 | 18 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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