Preston Smith

DE · WAS/GB · 2015–2025

Born November 17, 1992 · College Mississippi State · Drafted 2015, round 2, pick 38 (WAS) · 6-5, 265 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2015	WAS	15	35	8.0	10	6	0	4	3
2015 playoffs	WAS	1	3	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
2016	WAS	15	38	4.5	12	8	1	3	0
2017	WAS	14	42	8.0	21	10	2	3	1
2018	WAS	15	53	4.0	16	5	1	3	0
2019	GB	16	56	12.0	23	11	1	4	1
2019 playoffs	GB	2	4	2.0	4	1	0	0	0
2020	GB	15	42	4.0	11	7	0	3	0
2020 playoffs	GB	2	6	0.0	2	0	0	2	0
2021	GB	12	38	9.0	17	9	0	2	2
2021 playoffs	GB	1	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	GB	16	59	8.5	20	9	0	1	1
2023	GB	17	48	8.0	21	4	0	4	2
2023 playoffs	GB	2	3	1.5	3	1	0	1	0
2024	GB	15	32	4.5	6	5	0	0	0
2025	WAS	12	24	0.5	6	2	0	1	0
Career	WAS	162	467	71.0	163	76	5	28	10

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	WAS	16	–	–	761	69.8
2017	WAS	16	–	–	737	68.5
2018	WAS	16	–	–	817	80.8
2019	GB	16	–	–	860	83.7
2019 playoffs	GB	2	–	–	96	87.3
2020	GB	16	–	–	810	79.6
2020 playoffs	GB	2	–	–	86	76.1
2021	GB	16	–	–	681	68.6
2021 playoffs	GB	1	–	–	44	81.5
2022	GB	17	–	–	813	79.9
2023	GB	17	–	–	724	66.4
2023 playoffs	GB	2	–	–	107	69.5
2024	GB/PIT	17	–	–	459	42.5
2025	WAS	13	–	–	277	32.4

Game logs

2025 game log (12 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
5	2025-10-05	@ LAC	W 27–10	1	0.0	0
6	2025-10-13	vs CHI	L 24–25	2	0.0	0
7	2025-10-19	@ DAL	L 22–44	2	0.0	0
9	2025-11-02	vs SEA	L 14–38	0	0.0	0
10	2025-11-09	vs DET	L 22–44	5	0.0	0
11	2025-11-16	@ MIA	L 13–16 OT	2	0.0	0
13	2025-11-30	vs DEN	L 26–27 OT	2	0.0	0
14	2025-12-07	@ MIN	L 0–31	3	0.0	0
15	2025-12-14	@ NYG	W 29–21	2	0.0	1
16	2025-12-20	vs PHI	L 18–29	2	0.0	0
17	2025-12-25	vs DAL	L 23–30	2	0.5	0
18	2026-01-04	@ PHI	W 24–17	1	0.0	0

2024 game log (15 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2024-09-06	@ PHI	L 29–34	2	0.0
2	2024-09-15	vs IND	W 16–10	2	0.0
3	2024-09-22	@ TEN	W 30–14	3	2.0
4	2024-09-29	vs MIN	L 29–31	2	0.0
5	2024-10-06	@ LA	W 24–19	4	0.5
6	2024-10-13	vs ARI	W 34–13	1	0.0
7	2024-10-20	vs HOU	W 24–22	1	0.0
8	2024-10-27	@ JAX	W 30–27	1	0.0
9	2024-11-03	vs DET	L 14–24	3	0.0
10	2024-11-10	@ WAS	W 28–27	3	1.0
11	2024-11-17	vs BAL	W 18–16	1	0.0
12	2024-11-21	@ CLE	L 19–24	4	0.0
15	2024-12-15	@ PHI	L 13–27	2	0.0
16	2024-12-21	@ BAL	L 17–34	1	0.0
18	2025-01-04	vs CIN	L 17–19	2	1.0

2023 game log (19 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2023-09-10	@ CHI	W 38–20	5	0.0	0
2	2023-09-17	@ ATL	L 24–25	6	0.0	0
3	2023-09-24	vs NO	W 18–17	1	0.0	0
4	2023-09-28	vs DET	L 20–34	5	0.0	0
5	2023-10-09	@ LV	L 13–17	3	1.0	1
7	2023-10-22	@ DEN	L 17–19	2	1.0	0
8	2023-10-29	vs MIN	L 10–24	5	2.0	1
9	2023-11-05	vs LA	W 20–3	1	0.0	1
10	2023-11-12	@ PIT	L 19–23	4	1.0	0
11	2023-11-19	vs LAC	W 23–20	2	0.0	0
12	2023-11-23	@ DET	W 29–22	4	0.0	1
13	2023-12-03	vs KC	W 27–19	2	0.5	0
14	2023-12-11	@ NYG	L 22–24	1	0.0	0
15	2023-12-17	vs TB	L 20–34	1	0.0	0
16	2023-12-24	@ CAR	W 33–30	3	1.5	0
17	2023-12-31	@ MIN	W 33–10	1	1.0	0
18	2024-01-07	vs CHI	W 17–9	2	0.0	0
P19	2024-01-14	@ DAL	W 48–32	1	1.0	1
P20	2024-01-20	@ SF	L 21–24	2	0.5	0

2022 game log (16 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ MIN	L 7–23	3	0.0	0
2	2022-09-18	vs CHI	W 27–10	7	2.0	0
4	2022-10-02	vs NE	W 27–24 OT	3	0.5	0
5	2022-10-09	vs NYG	L 22–27	4	1.0	0
6	2022-10-16	vs NYJ	L 10–27	2	0.0	0
7	2022-10-23	@ WAS	L 21–23	4	0.0	0
8	2022-10-30	@ BUF	L 17–27	5	0.0	0
9	2022-11-06	@ DET	L 9–15	1	0.0	1
10	2022-11-13	vs DAL	W 31–28 OT	2	0.0	0
11	2022-11-17	vs TEN	L 17–27	5	1.5	0
12	2022-11-27	@ PHI	L 33–40	6	0.5	0
13	2022-12-04	@ CHI	W 28–19	5	0.0	0
15	2022-12-19	vs LA	W 24–12	3	2.0	0
16	2022-12-25	@ MIA	W 26–20	5	1.0	0
17	2023-01-01	vs MIN	W 41–17	3	0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	vs DET	L 16–20	1	0.0	0

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2021-09-12	@ NO	L 3–38	5	0.0	0
2	2021-09-20	vs DET	W 35–17	0	0.0	0
3	2021-09-26	@ SF	W 30–28	4	1.0	0
5	2021-10-10	@ CIN	W 25–22 OT	4	1.0	0
10	2021-11-14	vs SEA	W 17–0	2	1.0	0
11	2021-11-21	@ MIN	L 31–34	6	2.0	0
12	2021-11-28	vs LA	W 36–28	2	0.0	1
14	2021-12-12	vs CHI	W 45–30	4	2.0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ BAL	W 31–30	3	0.0	0
16	2021-12-25	vs CLE	W 24–22	3	1.0	0
17	2022-01-02	vs MIN	W 37–10	4	1.0	1
18	2022-01-09	@ DET	L 30–37	1	0.0	0
P20	2022-01-22	vs SF	L 10–13	9	0.0	0

2020 game log (17 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2020-09-20	vs DET	W 42–21	3	0.5	0
3	2020-09-27	@ NO	W 37–30	3	0.0	0
4	2020-10-05	vs ATL	W 30–16	2	0.0	0
6	2020-10-18	@ TB	L 10–38	1	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ HOU	W 35–20	3	0.0	0
8	2020-11-01	vs MIN	L 22–28	3	0.0	0
9	2020-11-05	@ SF	W 34–17	2	0.0	1
10	2020-11-15	vs JAX	W 24–20	5	1.0	0
11	2020-11-22	@ IND	L 31–34 OT	4	0.0	0
12	2020-11-29	vs CHI	W 41–25	3	1.0	0
13	2020-12-06	vs PHI	W 30–16	5	0.5	1
14	2020-12-13	@ DET	W 31–24	2	0.0	0
15	2020-12-19	vs CAR	W 24–16	3	1.0	0
16	2020-12-27	vs TEN	W 40–14	3	0.0	1
17	2021-01-03	@ CHI	W 35–16	0	0.0	0
P19	2021-01-16	vs LA	W 32–18	3	0.0	2
P20	2021-01-24	vs TB	L 26–31	3	0.0	0

2019 game log (18 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2019-09-05	@ CHI	W 10–3	5	1.5	0	1
2	2019-09-15	vs MIN	W 21–16	3	0.0	1	1
3	2019-09-22	vs DEN	W 27–16	5	3.0	0	0
4	2019-09-26	vs PHI	L 27–34	2	0.0	0	0
5	2019-10-06	@ DAL	W 34–24	4	1.0	0	1
6	2019-10-14	vs DET	W 23–22	4	1.5	0	0
7	2019-10-20	vs LV	W 42–24	1	0.0	0	0
8	2019-10-27	@ KC	W 31–24	4	0.0	0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ LAC	L 11–26	7	1.0	0	0
10	2019-11-10	vs CAR	W 24–16	6	2.0	0	0
12	2019-11-24	@ SF	L 8–37	3	0.5	0	0
13	2019-12-01	@ NYG	W 31–13	1	0.0	0	0
14	2019-12-08	vs WAS	W 20–15	2	1.0	0	0
15	2019-12-15	vs CHI	W 21–13	5	0.0	0	0
16	2019-12-23	@ MIN	W 23–10	3	0.5	0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ DET	W 23–20	1	0.0	0	1
P19	2020-01-12	vs SEA	W 28–23	2	2.0	0	0
P20	2020-01-19	@ SF	L 20–37	2	0.0	0	0

2018 game log (15 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
2	2018-09-16	vs IND	L 9–21	4	0.0	0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs GB	W 31–17	7	0.0	0	0
5	2018-10-08	@ NO	L 19–43	4	0.0	0	0
6	2018-10-14	vs CAR	W 23–17	1	0.0	0	0
7	2018-10-21	vs DAL	W 20–17	1	0.0	0	1
8	2018-10-28	@ NYG	W 20–13	3	0.0	0	1
9	2018-11-04	vs ATL	L 14–38	1	0.0	0	0
10	2018-11-11	@ TB	W 16–3	3	1.0	0	0
11	2018-11-18	vs HOU	L 21–23	4	1.0	1	1
12	2018-11-22	@ DAL	L 23–31	8	1.5	0	0
13	2018-12-03	@ PHI	L 13–28	3	0.0	0	0
14	2018-12-09	vs NYG	L 16–40	5	0.0	0	0
15	2018-12-16	@ JAX	W 16–13	3	0.5	0	0
16	2018-12-22	@ TEN	L 16–25	4	0.0	0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs PHI	L 0–24	2	0.0	0	0

2017 game log (14 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2017-09-10	vs PHI	L 17–30	4	1.0	0	0
2	2017-09-17	@ LA	W 27–20	3	1.0	0	0
3	2017-09-24	vs LV	W 27–10	2	1.0	0	1
4	2017-10-02	@ KC	L 20–29	2	1.0	0	0
6	2017-10-15	vs SF	W 26–24	2	0.5	0	0
7	2017-10-23	@ PHI	L 24–34	5	0.0	0	0
8	2017-10-29	vs DAL	L 19–33	1	0.0	0	0
9	2017-11-05	@ SEA	W 17–14	1	0.0	0	0
10	2017-11-12	vs MIN	L 30–38	2	0.0	0	0
11	2017-11-19	@ NO	L 31–34 OT	4	0.0	0	0
13	2017-11-30	@ DAL	L 14–38	5	0.5	0	0
15	2017-12-17	vs ARI	W 20–15	3	1.0	1	1
16	2017-12-24	vs DEN	W 27–11	5	2.0	0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ NYG	L 10–18	3	0.0	1	1

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2016-09-12	vs PIT	L 16–38	3	0.0	0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs DAL	L 23–27	1	0.0	0	0
3	2016-09-25	@ NYG	W 29–27	5	0.0	0	1
4	2016-10-02	vs CLE	W 31–20	4	0.0	0	0
5	2016-10-09	@ BAL	W 16–10	1	0.0	0	0
6	2016-10-16	vs PHI	W 27–20	2	0.5	0	0
7	2016-10-23	@ DET	L 17–20	2	1.0	0	0
8	2016-10-30	@ CIN	T 27–27 OT	3	0.0	0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs MIN	W 26–20	4	2.0	1	1
11	2016-11-20	vs GB	W 42–24	2	0.0	0	0
13	2016-12-04	@ ARI	L 23–31	2	0.0	0	0
14	2016-12-11	@ PHI	W 27–22	1	0.0	0	0
15	2016-12-19	vs CAR	L 15–26	3	0.0	0	1
16	2016-12-24	@ CHI	W 41–21	1	1.0	0	0
17	2017-01-01	vs NYG	L 10–19	4	0.0	0	0

2015 game log (16 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-13	vs MIA	L 10–17	2	1.0	0
2	2015-09-20	vs LA	W 24–10	0	0.0	1
4	2015-10-04	vs PHI	W 23–20	3	1.0	1
5	2015-10-11	@ ATL	L 19–25 OT	3	0.0	0
6	2015-10-18	@ NYJ	L 20–34	2	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs TB	W 31–30	4	0.0	0
9	2015-11-08	@ NE	L 10–27	1	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	vs NO	W 47–14	1	0.0	0
11	2015-11-22	@ CAR	L 16–44	3	1.0	0
12	2015-11-29	vs NYG	W 20–14	4	0.0	1
13	2015-12-07	vs DAL	L 16–19	1	0.0	0
14	2015-12-13	@ CHI	W 24–21	1	0.0	0
15	2015-12-20	vs BUF	W 35–25	4	1.0	0
16	2015-12-26	@ PHI	W 38–24	4	3.0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ DAL	W 34–23	2	1.0	1
P18	2016-01-10	vs GB	L 18–35	3	1.0	0