draftyear finalyear collegehof birth_place debutyear statvalue article_title position highschool draftround college birth_date nfl number image draftpick statlabel name
1983 1992 80034 fayetteville , arkansas , u.s. 1983 26.5 15 126 billy ray smith , jr. .
 linebacker plano -lrb- tx -rrb- 1 arkansas 10 august 1961 smi069600 54 brsmithpix.jpg 5 sacks interceptions games billy ray smith , jr. .
billy ray smith , jr. .

billy ray smith , jr. -lrb- born august 10 , 1961 -rrb- is a former american college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- for ten seasons during the 1980s and 1990s .
he played college football for the university of arkansas , and was twice recognized as a consensus all-american .
smith was selected in the first round of the 1983 nfl draft , and played professionally for the nfl 's san diego chargers .
