Taj Smith

No. 88 Free agent

Position:

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:

2008

Career history

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Roster status:

Active

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Tajiddin M. Smith-Wilson (born September 30, 1983) is a professional gridiron football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He recently played 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]

Statistics

Receiving		Regular season						Playoffs
Year	Team	Games	No.	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Games	No.	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
2012	SSK	13	47	690	14.7	74	2	1	4	81	20.3	40	0
2013	SSK	17	78	1,007	12.9	70	7	3	12	191	15.9	53	0
2014	SSK	12	29	397	13.7	59	3
2015	SSK	4	8	94	11.8	36	1
CFL totals		46	162	2,188	13.5	74	13	4	16	272	17.0	53	0

References

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Saskatchewan Roughriders current roster

Active roster	0 Jonathan Newsome 1 Buddy Jackson 2 Curtis Steele 3 Ricky Collins 4 Darian Durant 6 Rob Bagg 7 Justin Capicciotti 8 Mitchell Gale 9 Nic Demski 10 Armanti Edwards 11 Ed Gainey 12 John Chiles 14 Matt Walter 15 G.J. Kinne 16 Brandon Bridge 17 Shamawd Chambers 18 Josh Bartel 20 Otha Foster 21 Tyler Crapigna 24 Vad Lee 25 Matt Webster 26 Tevaughn Campbell 27 Kevin Francis 28 Johnnie Dixon 29 Raye Hartmann 31 Justin Cox 32 Kendial Lawrence 33 Shane Herbert 35 Greg Jones 41 Korey Jones 42 Graig Newman 46 Jorgen Hus 47 Samuel Eguavoen 49 Jeff Knox Jr. 57 Brendon LaBatte 58 Xavier Fulton 59 Josiah St. John 64 Andrew Jones 67 Dan Clark 68 Thaddeus Coleman 75 Jonathan Williams 77 Jordan Reaves 80 Spencer Moore 82 Naaman Roosevelt 93 Kalonji Kashama 95 Corvey Irvin 98 Ese Mrabure-Ajufo 99 A.C. Leonard -- Jake Waters -- Amobi Okoye

1-game injured list	65 Dillon Guy

6-game injured list	5 Derrius Brooks 38 Eric Norwood 39 Quinn van Gylswyk 43 Levi Steinhauer 53 Matt Vonk 61 Jarriel King 62 Tre'Von Armstead 66 Chris Best 90 Dylan Ainsworth

Practice roster	51 Marcus Hall 69 Kennedy Estelle 85 Ryan Lankford 86 Joshua Stanford 92 Sammy Brown

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 101st Grey Cup champions

Chairman Roger Brandvold
President/Chief Executive 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

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