Enters his ninth Arena League season and eighth with San Jose...Begins the year tied for 2nd on the team's all-time interceptions list with 24...His 32 career INTs are good for a 16th place tie on the AFL's chart...Won his 4th ArenaBowl championship last season and was game's Defensive MVP...A member of three straight ArenaBowl title teams from 2002-04...Established team records for total tackles and solo tackles last season...Has 8 career INT return TDs and a team record 7 with San Jose...A first-team All-AFL pick in 2004 and a second-team selection in 2003...An all-purpose player who played corner, wide receiver and returned kicks during his college days at San Jose State...Signed as a free agent on November 7, 2003.
2007: Started all 16 games at DB...Set team season records for most solo tackles (79) and total tackles (87.5)...Tied Pat McGuirk for 2nd on team's career INT list with 24...Recorded 17 PBUs on the year to move into 3rd place on team's career list with 55...Collected his 400th career total tackle, 365th career solo tackle, 100th career assisted tackle and 100th defended pass...Returned 2 of his 5 INTs for a TD giving him 8 for his career...Had the 7th longest fumble return in AFL history going 47-yards for a TD in a game against Orlando...Recorded his 300th career solo tackle (at Los Angeles 3/4)...Collected his 350th career total tackle (at Georgia 3/24)...Snared his 20th career INT as a SaberCat and 28th overall (vs Colorado 4/6)...Had his 29th career INT and 330th career solo tackle (vs Los Angeles 4/21)...Played in his 90th career regular season AFL game (at Arizona 5/5)...Returned his 30th career INT 50-yards for a TD, the 3rd longest return in team history (vs Las Vegas 5/12)...Moved into a tie for 17th place all-time with his 31st career INT earning Defensive Player of the Game (vs Grand Rapids 5/19)...Registered the 400th total tackle of his career (at Nashville 5/25)...Had 2 PBUs, giving him 100 passes defended for his career (at Utah 6/9)...Had his 24th career INT as a SaberCat, tying Pat McGuirk for 2nd place on team's career list, and returned it 36-yards for a TD, his 8th career INT return TD and team record 7th with San Jose (vs Arizona 6/16)...Totaled a season-high 3 PBUs (at Las Vegas 6/25). POSTSEASON: Started all 3 games...Had 9.0 tackles, his 6th career playoff INT and 2 PBUs for Defensive Player of the Game in ArenaBowl XXI win (vs Columbus 7/29).
2006: Played and started 11 games at DS, including the final 10 regular season contests...Began the season on IR recovering from knee surgery...Totaled 41.0 tackles (38 solo), 3 PBUs and 2 FFs...Had 3 INTs on the year giving him 27 in his career and 19 as a SaberCat...Returned 2 of his INTs for a TD giving him the team's career lead ...Started at DS in his first game since sustaining a knee injury at New Orleans on 2/13/05 (at Arizona 2/12)...Returned to the lineup after being inactive for 3 games starting at DS (vs Los Angeles 3/12)...Tallied his 25th career INT which he returned 16 yards for a TD, his 5th career INT return TD, to earn Defensive Player of the Game (at Tampa Bay 4/7)...Grabbed the 18th INT of his San Jose career (26th overall) moving into 4th place on the team's career list (vs Austin 4/22)...Broke a tie with Greg Hopkins for sole possession of 20th place on the AFL's career INT chart with his 27th, that he returned 42-yards for a TD, his 5th career INT return TD with San Jose (6th overall) giving him the team's all-time lead (vs Colorado 5/6). POSTSEASON: Started both games at DS...Named Defensive Player of the Game after his 5th career playoff INT (3rd as a SaberCat), 5.0 tackles and a PBU (vs Arizona 5/27)...Had 3.5 tackles, a PBU and FR (vs Chicago 6/3).
2005: Starting DS the first 3 games of the year before sustaining a season-ending knee injury...Tallied 20.5 tackles (18 solo), an INT and 4 PBUs on the season...Became the 3rd player in team history with 200 career tackles...Tallied his 16th career INT as a SaberCat (24th overall) with 2 PBUs to earn Defensive Player of the Game (vs Las Vegas 2/5)...Left the game in the 4th quarter after sustaining a knee injury (at New Orleans 2/13)...Placed on IR Feb. 17 with a ruptured patellar tendon missing the remainder of the year.
2004: Played in 15 games at DS earning first-team All-AFL...Team leader with 83.0 total tackles and 71 solo tackles...Tied for 1st in AFL with a career-high 9 INTs...Team leader and tied for 4th in AFL with 14 PBUs and 23 passes defended...Set team playoff records for total tackles (10.5) and solo tackles (10) in ArenaBowl XVIII...Named AFL's Defensive Player of the Week (Wk 1)...Became the 4th player in team history with 100 solo tackles...Set career-highs with 5 assisted tackles and 5 PBUs (at Detroit 2/5)...Inactive with a hamstring injury missing his only game of the year (at New York 3/7)...Recorded the 100th solo tackle of his San Jose career (vs Colorado 3/14)...Defensive Player of the Game after returning an INT 48-yards for a TD (vs Las Vegas 3/20)...Moved into 5th place on team's all-time chart with his 11th career San Jose INT (at Dallas 4/10)...Named Defensive Player of the Game after recording an INT in his 3rd straight game (vs Chicago 4/16)...Nabbed his season career-best 9th INT (at Las Vegas 5/16). POSTSEASON: Won his 3rd consecutive championship...Started all 3 games at DS...Set team playoff records for total tackles (10.5) and solo tackles (10) in ArenaBowl XVIII win (at Arizona 6/27).
2003: Started all 16 games at DS for Tampa Bay...Led team with 88.5 tackles, 8 INTs and 18 PBUs to earn second-team All-AFL honors...Had an INT in 4 straight games...Equaled a career-high with 7 solo stops and tallied an INT in his first game with the Storm (vs Carolina 1/31)...Had a career-best 2 FRs (at Las Vegas 2/17)...Matched a career-high with 7 solo tackles (vs Detroit 3/2)...Tallied the 9th and 10th picks of his career with his first ever 2-INT game (at Indiana 3/24)...Had an INT, 2 PBUs and 6.0 tackles (vs Georgia 4/6)...Named game MVP after 2 PBUs and an INT (at Carolina 4/11)...Had his 3rd career INT return TD (vs Colorado 4/20)...Intercepted his 8th pass of the season giving him an INT in four straight games (at New York 4/27).
2002: Played in all 14 games for a second straight season...Earned ArenaBowl XVI game Ironman honors...Set season career-highs with 15 receptions and 234 yards placing 5th on the team...Was 2nd on team with 49.5 tackles and 8 PBUs...Started at DS and set career-high with 8.5 tackles and matched career-best with 7 solos (at Tampa Bay 4/27)...Had his 1st catch of the season (vs Georgia 5/4)...Game's Ironman after 2 catches for 43 yards and a TD with 5.0 tackles and a PBU (vs Los Angeles 5/11)...Had his 5th career INT, and 2nd returned for a TD (at Orlando 5/17)...Grabbed a career-long 37-yard reception (at Buffalo 6/1)...Had the 20th reception of his career (at Los Angeles 6/8)...Game Ironman after 34-yard TD catch, 6th career INT, 5.0 tackles and 2 PBUs (vs Chicago 6/15)...Posted a season-high 3 catches (vs Indiana 7/5). POSTSEASON: Started in ArenaBowl XVI and tabbed game's Ironman after rushing 2 times for 9 yards, catching 4 passes for 34 yards and totaling 5.0 tackles an INT and a FR (vs Arizona 8/18)...Caught 3 passes for 37 yards and had an INT for game Ironman (vs Orlando 8/10).
2001: One of just four players to participate in all 14 games...Posted a team-leading 4 INTs and 4th with 37.0 tackles earning team defensive MVP honors...Returned his 1st career INT 45-yards for his 1st career TD (vs Arizona 4/21)...Missed a portion of the game after taking a knee to the helmet (at Houston 4/28)...Had his first catch of the year (vs Oklahoma 5/5)...Had his 2nd career INT and returned a blocked PAT attempt for the first 2-point defensive PAT in league history (at New York 5/12)...Made his first-ever start at DS intercepting an Andy Kelly pass late leading to a game-tying FG in a contest San Jose won in OT (vs Nashville 6/16)...Posted career-highs of 4 catches and 86 yards and added his 4th career INT (vs Florida 6/30)...Had the first 2 MFG returns of his career (vs Houston 7/15). POSTSEASON: Played in both games...Made his AFL playoff debut replacing an injured Anthony Cobbs at DS (vs Arizona 8/4)...Credited with 5.5 tackles and a PBU (at Nashville 8/11).
2000: Played in 8 games at WR/DB during his rookie season...Posted 16.0 tackles and 5 PBUs on defense with 5 receptions for 48 yards on offense...All 5 receptions on the season came in two games...Made his AFL debut with 2.0 tackles (vs Houston 4/15)...Had his 1st career reception and totaled 2 for the game with 2 PBUs (vs Los Angeles 5/27)...Recorded 2.5 tackles (TFL) and a season-high 3 PBUs (vs New England 6/9)...Had 3 catches for 32 yards (at Grand Rapids 6/29)...Posted a season-high 5 solo tackles (at Los Angeles 7/8).
COLLEGE: Played four years (1995-98) at San Jose State University and had 13 INTs, second-most in school history...Tied for second in the nation in 1997 with 7 INTs and tied a school record with 3 picks vs Hawaii (11/15/97)...Returned 22 punts for 246 yards and was the only player in Division 1-A to rank in the top-30 in both INTs and punt returns...Had an 88-yard punt return for a TD vs Fresno State in 1998 and an 84-yard TD return at UTEP in 1997...Had 74 tackles as a sophomore, third-most on the team, and ended his career with 182...Led SJSU with 16 PBUs in 1997 and 9 in 1996...Joined the team as a walk-on in 1995 and was assigned to cover Keyshawn Johnson in his first collegiate start.
PERSONAL: Born Omarr Ali Hasan Smith on April 7, 1977, in Chicago, Ill....Attended Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif. where he lettered in football, basketball and track...A three-time all-league and two-time all-area grid choice...One of his cousins is former San Francisco 49ers safety Tim McDonald...Has coached defensive backs at Whittier College...Looking for a post-football career in broadcasting...Has covered various high school football and volleyball games and some JC football games in Southern California...Enjoys bowling and has partnered with teammates for a weekly outing during the season. |