Highlights
Pro Career
2007:
- Started all 14 regular season games he was active (all but at Detroit and vs. Jacksonville) for and one playoff game
- Led all Buccaneers tight ends and ranked fourth overall on the team with 32 receptions for 385 yards and was third on the team with three receiving touchdowns
- Started at Seattle (9/9) and caught two passes for 23 yards
- Started at New Orleans (9/16), posting two catches for 45 yards, including a career-long 33-yard reception
- Started against St. Louis (9/23), catching three passes for 27 yards
- Started at Carolina (9/30), catching four passes for 17 yards
- Started at Indianapolis (10/7) and caught two passes for six yards and career-high tying two touchdowns
- Started against Arizona (11/4) and caught two passes for 13 yards
- Started at Atlanta (11/18) and caught team-high three passes for 51 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown in the third quarter
- Started against Washington (11/25) and hauled in three passes for 41 yards
- Started at Houston (12/9) and caught his 100th career pass on a 31-yard reception in the third quarter
- Finished with two catches for 39 yards
- Started at San Francisco (12/23) and had a
season-high six catches for a career-high 79 yards
- Started against Carolina (12/30) and had one reception for 18 yards
- Made second-career playoff start against N.Y. Giants in NFC Wild Card Game (1/6/08) and caught three passes for 26 yards and one touchdown.
2006:
- Played in 14 games (all but at Dallas and against Seattle) with seven starts (vs. Baltimore, at Atlanta, vs. New Orleans, at Carolina, vs. Washington, vs. Atlanta and at Chicago)
- Finished season with 35 catches for 250 yards and three touchdowns
- His 35 receptions led all Buccaneers tight ends and ranked third overall on the team
- Led team in receptions in four games
- Saw significant action against Carolina (9/24), catching four passes for 72 yards, including being on receiving end of flea-flicker
- Led team in both receptions and receiving yards
- Saw action at New Orleans (10/8), grabbing team-high five catches for 16 yards and one touchdown
- Saw action against Cincinnati (10/15), making three catches for 10 yards and one touchdown
- Started at Chicago (12/17) and led Buccaneers in receptions with five for 24 yards and one touchdown
- Saw significant action at Cleveland (12/24) and tied for team lead in receptions, catching four passes for 45 yards
2005:
- Promising young tight end who can make the difficult catch
- Made an immediate impact during his rookie season as both a pass catcher and blocker for Tampa Bay
- Has played in 16 career games with 10 starts, all as a rookie in 2005
- Also started one playoff game
- Has caught 41 passes for 367 yards (9.0 avg.) and two touchdowns
- Also has one kickoff return for 12 yards, as well as two career special teams tackles and one forced fumble on special teams
- Ranked third in the NFL among rookies, and first among rookie tight ends, with 41 receptions last season
- His 41 receptions in 2005 were the most by a Buccaneer tight end since Jackie Harris had 62 in 1995
College Career:
- Smith redshirted in 2000, his freshman season at Stanford
- He earned his first varsity letter as a reserve tight end, seeing most of his 2001 action on special teams
- He finished that campaign with a 20-yard reception
- After an injury to starter Brett Pierce, Smith moved into the lineup for the final 10 games of the 2002 season
- He ended up with 380 yards and two touchdowns, ranking second on the team with 30 catches (12.7 avg.)
- Smith earned All-Pac 10 Conference recognition, both on the field and in the classroom in 2003
- He was one of the starters in the team's two-tight end system, hauling in 24 passes for 185 yards (7.7 avg.) and three scores
- In 2004, Smith ranked second in the country among tight ends with 52 receptions for 706 yards (13.6 avg.) and three touchdowns
- He was the runner-up for the Mackey Award, given annually to the nation's top tight end
- Smith was a consensus second-team All-America selection as a senior, adding first-team All-Pac-10 Conference and Team MVP awards
- He became the first Stanford tight end to be named first-team All-Pac-10 since Greg Baty in 1985 and the first tight end to lead the team in receiving since Bob Moore in 1969
- Smith's 52 receptions is the second best single-season total for a Cardinal tight end (61 by Baty in 1985)
- In 44 contests with the Cardinal, Smith finished his career by catching 107 passes for 1,291 yards (12.1 avg.) and eight touchdowns
High School Career:
- Alex was a SuperPrep first-team All-American, PrepStar All-Midlands, all-state and All-Centennial League selection following his senior season at Mullen High School
- Smith caught 12 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns as a junior and snatched 35 passes for 357 yards and four scores as a senior
- He helped Mullen High win the Colorado 5A Championship as a junior
- Smith was a three-year varsity letter-winner in basketball and four-year letter-winner in track
- He was named honorable mention All-Colorado and first-team all-league in basketball as a senior
- In track, he competed in the high jump and 400-meters, placing eighth in the state in the high jump as a senior at 6-foot-5
- Smith was a nominee for the Fred Steinmark Award for Colorado Athlete of the Year, a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish National Honor Society, selected to receive a Kappa Alpha Psi Scholarship, and a finalist for the Scahs Foundation Scholarship