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Will Smith

First-round defensive end who spent his whole career in New Orleans.

William Raymond Smith III (July 4, 1981 – April 9, 2016) was an American defensive end. After college football at Ohio State, he was taken by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2004 NFL draft and played his entire NFL career with them. Raised in Utica, New York, he had been a USA Today All-American at Proctor High School. He was shot and killed in New Orleans in April 2016 during an altercation that followed a traffic crash.

Quick Facts

Number
91
Position
Defensive end
Born
4 July 1981
Birthplace
Queens, New York, U.S.
Died
9 April 2016
Place of death
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
High school
Proctor (Utica, New York)
College
Ohio State (2000–2003)

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