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Wade Smith

Drafted by MIA · GM Rick Spielman · Memphis

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Wade Smith across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played143
Games started98
Weighted career AV43
Pro Bowls1
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons12

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2003 · Round 3 · #78

MIA draft credit

GM Rick Spielman

Team games22
Team starts18
On-team AV8
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Terrible-3.34 contribution20th of 20 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

Long-career hit

Wade Smith became a 12-season, 143-game NFL player after going #78. The retained-value model still ranks him 20th of 20 for Rick Spielman because MIA only got 22 of those games.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -3.34. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Rick Spielman's leaderboard composite θ.

Full-career context prevents this from being labeled as a bad talent pick: the negative model score is about retained team value, not whether the draft identified an NFL-caliber player.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
22
on drafting team · 143 full-career
Games started
18
on drafting team · 98 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
8
modeled; full weighted AV 43
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
1 full-career
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Rick Spielman's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Rick Spielman pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Wade Smith totals -3.34. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-3-2-10+1+219. Carey#19 · Vernon Carey · aggregate +2.06Carey +2.1213. Bell#213 · Yeremiah Bell · aggregate +1.87222. Pope#222 · Derrick Pope · aggregate +1.10174. Hadnot#174 · Rex Hadnot · aggregate +0.57114. McMichael#114 · Randy McMichael · aggregate +0.44241. Henry#241 · Leonard Henry · aggregate +0.13248. Williams#248 · Davern Williams · aggregate +0.0690. McKinney#90 · Seth McKinney · aggregate -0.05181. Jenkins#181 · Corey Jenkins · aggregate -0.07170. Simmons#170 · Sam Simmons · aggregate -0.07169. Tolver#169 · J.R. Tolver · aggregate -0.22102. Poole#102 · Will Poole · aggregate -0.27221. Pape#221 · Tony Pape · aggregate -0.29209. Provost#209 · Tim Provost · aggregate -0.3087. Whitley#87 · Taylor Whitley · aggregate -0.31160. Bua#160 · Tony Bua · aggregate -0.3149. Moore#49 · Eddie Moore · aggregate -0.78161. Lowe#161 · Omare Lowe · aggregate -0.91156. Lee#156 · Donald Lee · aggregate -0.9978. Smith#78 · Wade Smith · aggregate -3.34Smith -3.3

Incremental contribution by season

-6-5-4-3-2-10+12002 · Leonard Henry · incremental -0.022002 · Sam Simmons · incremental -0.042002 · Seth McKinney · incremental -0.102002 · Randy McMichael · incremental -0.192002 · Omare Lowe · incremental -1.532003 · Seth McKinney · incremental +0.062003 · Randy McMichael · incremental +0.232003 · Davern Williams · incremental -0.012003 · Taylor Whitley · incremental -0.032003 · Eddie Moore · incremental -0.062003 · Sam Simmons · incremental -0.092003 · Yeremiah Bell · incremental -0.102003 · Corey Jenkins · incremental -0.122003 · J.R. Tolver · incremental -0.432003 · Tim Provost · incremental -0.542003 · Donald Lee · incremental -0.762003 · Wade Smith · incremental -4.502004 · Corey Jenkins · incremental +0.002004 · Seth McKinney · incremental +0.032004 · Rex Hadnot · incremental +0.032004 · Yeremiah Bell · incremental +0.142004 · Leonard Henry · incremental +0.182004 · Randy McMichael · incremental +0.232004 · Derrick Pope · incremental +0.502004 · Vernon Carey · incremental -0.312004 · Taylor Whitley · incremental -0.472004 · Will Poole · incremental -0.482004 · Tony Pape · incremental -0.532004 · Tony Bua · incremental -0.552004 · Wade Smith · incremental -0.762004 · Donald Lee · incremental -0.762004 · Eddie Moore · incremental -1.052005 · Seth McKinney · incremental +0.012005 · Yeremiah Bell · incremental +0.182005 · Randy McMichael · incremental +0.232005 · Rex Hadnot · incremental +0.302005 · Derrick Pope · incremental +0.342005 · Vernon Carey · incremental +0.502005 · Eddie Moore · incremental -0.112006 · Randy McMichael · incremental +0.232006 · Derrick Pope · incremental +0.232006 · Rex Hadnot · incremental +0.302006 · Yeremiah Bell · incremental +0.352006 · Vernon Carey · incremental +0.532007 · Yeremiah Bell · incremental +0.022007 · Rex Hadnot · incremental +0.302007 · Vernon Carey · incremental +0.532007 · Derrick Pope · incremental +0.672008 · Yeremiah Bell · incremental +0.442008 · Vernon Carey · incremental +0.562009 · Vernon Carey · incremental +0.542009 · Yeremiah Bell · incremental +1.442010 · Vernon Carey · incremental +0.392010 · Yeremiah Bell · incremental +0.442011 · Yeremiah Bell · incremental +0.452011 · Vernon Carey · incremental +0.50Lowe -1.5Smith -4.5Smith -0.820025 players200312 players200415 players20057 players20065 players20074 players20082 players20092 players20102 players20112 players
Above expectationBelow expectationWade SmithGM total -1.7Wade Smith by season -5.3

How much retained production did Wade Smith return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: Ts drafted within ±5 picks of Wade Smith since 2010 (9 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-1-0.50+0.5Model value above slot75. ArmsteadTerron Armstead · model value +0.883. Jr.Orlando Brown Jr. · model value +0.777. ThomasDallas Thomas · model value +0.274. StephensonDonald Stephenson · model value +0.282. ClarkLe'Raven Clark · model value 080. RankinMartinas Rankin · model value -0.474. ChristianGeron Christian · model value -0.476. ColemanShon Coleman · model value -0.473. JerryJohn Jerry · model value -0.778. SmithWade Smith · model value -1.4-1.4
Wade SmithSlot-similar peers (9)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'04'06'08'10'12'1402549749801Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (12 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2003MIA16167
2004MIA621
2005000
2006NYJ701
2007NYJ1401
2008KC1573
2009KC1694
2010HOU161610
2011HOU16168
2012HOU16169
2013HOU16161,0361.065.8
2014PHI5046-1.400.0

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