playing_years databasefootball draftedround birth_place playing_team article_title position birth_date nfl pfr number draftedpick college name draftedyear
1968 smithjim05 1 yazoo city , mississippi washington redskins jim smith -lrb- defensive back -rrb-
 defensive back 4 november 1946 smi375604 smitji21 34 12 oregon jim smith 1968
jim smith -lrb- defensive back -rrb-

james mccoy smith -lrb- born november 4 , 1946 -rrb- is a former american football defensive back in the national football league for the washington redskins .
he played high school football at kearny high school -lrb- san diego , california -rrb- , college football at the university of oregon and was drafted in the first round -lrb- twelfth overall -rrb- of the 1968 nfl draft .
career ended because of severe neck injury in rookie year .
