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Geno Smith, Back in Green & White After Trade with Raiders, by the Numbers

Veteran Quarterback Returned o a Starting Role from 2022-25 and Hung Up Some Stylish Statistics

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Geno Smith has been around the NFL block and now he's back where he started, kind of, after being traded from the Raiders to the Jets. And along the way in his 12 seasons he's racked up a lot of different metrics. Here is Geno Smith by the numbers:

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Smith had two award-winning seasons with Seattle. In 2022 and '23, he was named to the AFC Pro Bowl roster. In '22 he also came in ninth in the NFL MVP voting. Also in '22, he was named the league's Comeback Player of the Year with 4,282 passing yards, 30 TD passes to 11 INTs and a 100.9 rating. This following the '19 season, in which he didn't play, and '20 and '21 combined, when he appeared in only 5 games for the Seahawks playing behind Russell Wilson.

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Apples to oranges, of course, but Joe Namath's 4,007 passing yards in 1967 not only marked the first 4,000-yard passing season in pro football history but also was the only 4,000-yard season in franchise history. Smith, on the other hand, had those 4,282 yards in '22 and a career-high 4,320 in 2024, so he has twice as many 4,000-yard seasons in the last four years as the Jets have had in 65 years. Perhaps Smith can be fruitful and produce another gem with the '26 Jets.

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Last season didn't work out well for Smith or for the Raiders, and their 3-14 record wasn't solely on the QB's shoulders. But even including his numbers from Las Vegas along with his previous stats from three years as Seattle's starter and he can proudly say "I'm No. 4" if he were so moved. Because of all the NFL's QBs from 2022-25, Smith is fourth in pass attempts (2,097), completions (1,431). completion percentage (68.2%), as well as fifth in passing yards (15,251).

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Smith has been a good fourth-quarter QB in his pro career with 19 game-winning drives and 13 fourth-quarter comebacks on his ledger. Two comeback seasons stand out when he had five game-winning drives each. He mounted that many decisive drives for the Seahawks in 2023. And in his rookie season with the Jets, he also had five GWDs

Check out the best photos of Geno Smith. The Pro Bowl QB was trade to the Jets in March.

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The 2026 Jets are Smith's sixth stop in his pro career. After his first stint with the Jets from 2013-16, he went to the Giants in 2017 and the L.A. Chargers in '18. Then after not playing in '19, he found a home for a while with Seattle, playing with the Seahawks for five seasons and starting 51 games, including two playoff games, for them from 2022-24. Last season he started 15 games for the Raiders, and now he's back wearing the green and white.

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That's been Smith's uniform number for most of his NFL career. He wore it with the Jets, Seahawks and Raiders, shifting to No. 3 for his two seasons combined with the Giants and Chargers. He's so committed to the number that he and wife, Hayley, named their son Seven Santana Smith, who not surprisingly was born on 7/17 in 2019.

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Smith is one season removed from recording the 11th-highest single-season accuracy in NFL history among all QBs with 400-plus attempts. Smith completed 70.4% of his passes (407 of 578) that season, marking the first time as a pro and the second time in his career that he cleared the 70% bar. As a West Virginia senior, before he was drafted by the Jets, he clicked for 71.2% accuracy and threw 42 TD passes to 6 INTs for the Mountaineers.

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One of Smith's eye-opening games as a Jets rookie starter in 2013 was his third start as a Jet, the 27-20 home win over the Bills. He completed 16 of 29 passes for 331 yards to become the first rookie in franchise history to throw for 300 yards in a game. Sam Darnold joined him in the Jets Rookie 300 Club with a pair of 300-yard passing performances in his 2018 rookie season.

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