Jimmy Smith ( wide receiver ) Jimmy Lee Smith Jr . ( born February 9 , 1969 ) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars . High school years . Smith attended Callaway High School in Jackson , Mississippi and won All - Conference honors in football . College Statistics . Jimmy Smith attended Jackson State University and played wide receiver . Professional career . Smith was drafted in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft out of Jackson State University . He spent two injury - plagued seasons with Dallas . After missing much of the 1992 season with a broken leg , early in 1993 he underwent an emergency appendectomy which led to a severe infection and was nearly fatal . Before the 1994 season , Smith was cut by the Cowboys . He was subsequently signed by the Philadelphia Eagles but was cut before the 1994 season began . He was signed by the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars in February 1995 after head coach Tom Coughlin saw the talent that Smith possessed , perhaps as a result of the efforts of Smith ' s mother , who sent Coughlin a binder of Smith ' s press clippings . In 1996 , Smith emerged as a dominant receiver on a Jaguars team that made an improbable appearance in the AFC Championship Game . He continued to be a key member of the Jaguars offense and helped lead the team to playoff appearances for four straight years ( from 1996 to 1999 ) . In 2001 , Smith was found to have benzoylecgonine , a by - product of cocaine , in his system after being pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving . He denied using cocaine and was not charged with any crime since he was not found to be impaired while driving . The incident did place Smith into the NFL ' s substance - abuse program and in 2003 , he was handed a four - game suspension for an undisclosed additional violation . On May 11 , 2006 , Smith announced his retirement from the NFL . He finished his career seventh in NFL history with 862 catches and 11th in league history with 12 , 287 yards . He had 67 career touchdown catches with the Jaguars . Smith had been voted to the Pro Bowl five straight times from 1997 to 2001 . He is also the Jacksonville Jaguars all - time leading receiver , having led the team in receiving every season from 1996 - 2005 . He also set team records with 116 receptions and 1 , 636 yards in 1999 , both career highs . His career high in touchdown s was eight , achieved in 1998 , 2000 and 2001 . As of 2010 , the only players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with more career receiving yards than Smith are Jerry Rice ( 22 , 895 ) , Henry Ellard ( 13 , 777 ) , Art Monk ( 12 , 721 ) Steve Largent ( 13 , 089 ) and James Lofton ( 14 , 004 ) ; only Monk and Rice have more catches . Personal . In April 2009 Smith was arrested for multiple drug charges . Since then , he has been through rehab and made an effort to make a difference in other peoples ' lives through the Jimmy Smith Foundation . Jimmy Smith was sentenced to serve six years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections after being convicted of drug and weapons charges . According to Mississippi DOC records , Smith was scheduled to serve two years for " possession of a firearm by a convicted felon " and four years for possession of cocaine . Smith began his sentence on March 29 , 2013 . Although his tentative release date was November 8 , 2018 , Smith was released on July 2 , 2013 on the condition of house arrest .