Player facts
- Team
New York Giants- Position
- Defensive End
- Born
- Mar 2, 1995 (age 31)
- Birthplace
- Groveport, OH, USA
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 275 lbs
- College
- Illinois
- Status
- Practice Squad
Stats
2025 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 23 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 172 | 116 | 56 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25.5 | 22 | 0 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
vs  BUF | L 27-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  TEN | W 41-7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  IND | W 23-17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  DEN | W 34-20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  NYJ | W 48-20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Dawuane "D.J." Smoot (born March 2, 1995) is an American professional football defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Illinois, and was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft. He has also played for the Buffalo Bills.
From Wikipedia’s article on Dawuane Smoot, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Smoot briefly attended Saint Charles Preparatory School but graduated from Groveport Madison High School in Groveport, Ohio. During his high school career, he had 260 tackles and 30 sacks. He committed to the University of Illinois to play college football.
College career
Smoot played in seven games as a true freshman at Illinois in 2013, recording eight tackles and one sack. As a sophomore in 2014 he played in all 13 games and had 33 tackles and 2.5 sacks. As a junior in 2015 he started all 12 games, recording 40 tackles, eight sacks and three forced fumbles. On November 29, 2016, Smoot was named Third-team All-Big Ten Conference by the coaches and media.
Personal life
On October 19, 2021, Smoot helped his wife Aumari deliver the couple's second child at home, after she fell on the way to the hospital. The couple has a two-year old son, Ahmir.
From Wikipedia’s article on Dawuane Smoot, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Giants’ next games
Recent results
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Sources
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- 1WikipediaDawuane Smoot on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Dawuane Smoot