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27: 666:. He posted a career-high five interceptions in 1991. He ranks fourth all-time among Denver Broncos in games played with the franchise with 184. He is the Broncos' leading tackler of all time with 1,152 recorded tackles. 55: 3000: 2187: 343: 2091: 669:
Smith was named the Denver Broncos's most inspirational player in 1992. He was inducted into the Denver Broncos Ring of Fame in 2001 and the Colorado Hall of Fame in 2006.
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Co-Player of the Year in 1976. Dennis Smith was a great prospect who went on to be a Pro Bowl player. But at that time his standard as a player was to emulate
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record (which has since been eclipsed) in 1977. He was coached by Tebb Kusserow. who also coached number of other NFL players such as
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Smith established himself as one of the most feared and hardest hitting safeties in the NFL (a reputation later held by his protégé,
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and play football at USC as a safety. Smith also ran on the track & field team at Santa Monica and broke the HS
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in a star-studded defensive backfield and is a member of the USC team that won the national championship in 1978.
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in addition to himself. Smith was a consensus All-America choice as he
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four times in football and three times in track. He posted 205 career
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Smith's career totals include 1,171 tackles, 30 interceptions and 15
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and Smith would eventually follow Thurman as a freshman to run
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