Five Things to Know About New Chiefs OT Donovan Smith

2. He has logged nearly 9,000 total snaps at left tackle in his career.

Smith was exclusively a left tackle for the Buccaneers, as he earned the job as a rookie in 2015 and never relinquished it. He has recorded at least 1,000 snaps at left tackle in all but two of his eight seasons as a professional, and in the two campaigns that he didn’t hit that mark, he still topped 900 snaps at the position.

Looking at last season specifically, Smith logged 908 total snaps at left tackle in 13 games.

3. Smith was among the best pass-blocking tackles in the NFL in 2021.

The 29-year-old Smith is only two years removed from a dominant season in which he compiled the sixth-best Pro Football Focus pass-blocking grade in the NFL (among tackles). Smith – who tallied 1,147 snaps at left tackle that season – surrendered just one sack on 784 pass-blocking snaps. In fact, Smith’s impressive grade was despite playing the most pass-blocking snaps of any left tackle in the NFL.

Additionally, among tackles to record at least 900 total snaps in 2021, Smith’s pass-blocking grade trailed only Andrew Whitworth, Charles Leno Jr. and Trent Williams.