Spent 3 years at Alabama before transferring out to Arizona for senior season.
Played all around the defensive line before settling down at DE.
All-Pac10 selection in 1989, had 71 tackles, 21 tackles for loss and 5 sacks as a Senior.
11th overall selection in the 1990 draft by the then Los Angeles Raiders.
Missed entire rookie season with knee injury during preseason.
Burst onto the scene in 1991 racking up 10.5 sacks- to rank second on the team.
Had an even more impressive 1992, with 13 sacks, 31 combined tackles and 6 forced fumbles as situational starter.
In 1993, had 12.5 sacks, 52 combined tackles, and 1 forced fumble.
Scored a 25 yard TD off a fumble recovery against the Dolphins in 1994.
Played 7 seasons with the Raiders from 1990 to 1997, spending final offseason with the Broncos in 1998.
NOTES:
Who knows what really happened to Anthony Smith?
“I’m a member of BMAP- the Black Male Achievement Program. I go to different schools to tell young people that if drugs are what they want to do, that if they want to destroy their lives, go on and do it. But stay away from the people that don’t want to do it.
Go ahead, kill yourself, but don’t kill other people. Don’t try to urge other people to accept what you bow to. I try to convince kids that there are a lot of things you can do to be productive with your life”
– Anthony Smith 1992 Pro Line Portraits #370
In 2016, Anthony was convicted of 3 counts of murder, with special circumstances of torture, kidnapping and multiple murders, for the 1999 torture killing of two brothers and the 2001 slaying of another man. He was sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences- without parole.
Well I went all out with a paid signing and got Percy Snow, who is a total no show in the TTM market. Many of these were set needs, and Percy had quite a nice selection of cards during his short playing career.
The promoter happened to be a member of our Facebook TTM group and after promoting and helping some other members nab a few of Percy’s autographs, I went ahead and bought a few more as at the time like many people working from home during the pandemic, I was flush with the extra money.
I really liked the Pro Set 1990 Lombardi Award Winner card. The gold frame above the green, coupled with solid, clean photography. All the other cards are amazingly all set needs, as these all exploded for me during the pandemic.
Bruising Safety who finished with 148 solo tackles, 227 total tackles, 14 interceptions for 274 yards, 4 TDs, and 5 fumble recoveries.
Selected by the Seattle Seahawks near the top of round two during the 1990 NFL Draft.
A solid man to man defender, played strong safety and also shifted to CB in nickel situations, while also covering on special teams.
Best season as a pro came in 1995, starting 13 games and recording 5 interceptions for 46 yards, 1 forced fumble, and 60 combined tackles.
Played final two seasons in 1997-8 for the Indianapolis Colts.
ACCOLADES:
All-Pro 1995
NOTES:
Unable to get perennial non-signer Robert Blackmon TTM, I opted to pick up his autograph via EBay instead. Unfortunately this set is from the era before certified autographs, so I just had to take my chance here on this one.
TAC
SAC
FUM
INT
YDS
AVG
TD
LG
610
0.0
9
17
262
15.4
0
69
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