-
Ryan McFadden
Jaylon Smith will try and resurrect his profession in Las Vegas. The veteran linebacker is signing with the Raiders after a weekend tryout at rookie minicamp, a supply informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Sunday.
Smith, 29, final performed in 2023, showing in a single sport for the Raiders. He totaled two tackles in 25 defensive snaps in Las Vegas’ Week 9 victory over the New York Giants. He was later waived.
He started his profession with the Dallas Cowboys, who selected him within the second spherical of the 2016 NFL draft.
Smith performed 5 seasons with the Cowboys and was a Professional Bowl choice in 2019 after accumulating 142 tackles, 9 passes defended and a pair of compelled fumbles.
Smith bounced round groups through the 2021 marketing campaign. He was launched by Dallas after 4 video games however then signed with the Inexperienced Bay Packers. Following two video games with the Packers, Smith was let go and later picked up by the Giants.
His final productive season got here in 2022, when he registered 88 tackles in 13 video games for the Giants. Smith has began in 69 of 88 profession video games, totaling 626 tackles, 11 sacks and 6 compelled fumbles.
In Las Vegas, Smith will compete for a job in an inside linebacker group full of query marks. Newly signed linebackers Elandon Roberts and Devin White — who can also be making an attempt to revive his profession — are projected starters. The remainder of the group, nevertheless, consists of unproven gamers, together with Cody Lindenberg, who was chosen within the seventh spherical of final month’s draft.
