An image from the June 9th, 2025 AP Headshots in Houston, TX.

Irv Smith

TE

Experience: 6 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 27

Weight: 242 lbs

College: Alabama

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Year

Season

Preseason

WK	Game Date	OPP	RESULT	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD
3	08/23/2025	@Lions	W 26 - 7	1	6	6	6	0
2	08/16/2025	Panthers	W 20 - 3	5	46	9.2	22	0
1	08/09/2025	@Vikings	L 10 - 20

Biography

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round (50th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft...Signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an unrestricted free agent on March 30, 2023...Signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on March 13, 2024...Released by the Chiefs on Aug. 27, 2024...Signed to the Houston Texans' practice squad on Sept. 18, 2024...Signed to the Texans' active roster on Dec. 20, 2024...Released by the Texans on March 12, 2025...Re-signed by the Texans on April 21, 2025.

2024 (Houston 5/1, 2/0):

Played in five games with one start
Made his Texans debut in Week 13 against the Jaguars (12/1)
Made his first start with the Texans in Week 15 (12/15)

2023 (Cincinnati 12/6):

Played in 12 games (six starts) and recorded 18 receptions for 115 yards (6.4 avg.) and one touchdown

2022 (Minnesota 8/1, 1/0):

Reeled in 25 catches for 182 yards (7.3 avg.) and two touchdowns
In Week 2 at Philadelphia, Smith caught a two-yard touchdown pass, marking the seventh TD of his career and his first touchdown since Week 16 of the 2020 season at New Orleans (12/25/20)
Caught four passes for 42 yards in Week 5 against Chicago (10/9)
Caught a one-yard touchdown pass in Week 6 at Miami (10/16)
Recorded four receptions for 28 yards against the Cardinals (10/30)
Returned from injured reserve and caught three passes for 14 yards in Week 18 at Chicago (1/8/23)
Recorded a three-yard touchdown reception in the NFC Wild Card game against the Giants (1/15/23)

2021 (Minnesota):

Spent the entire season on Reserve/Injured list

2020 (Minnesota 13/7):

Played in 13 games (seven starts) and recorded 30 receptions for 365 yards (12.2 avg.) and five touchdowns
Ranked third on team with 365 yards receiving and set career-best with five touchdown catches
Tied Vikings record for a TE with a two-touchdown day at New Orleans (12/25) and vs. Detroit (11/8)
Set career-high with six catches and tied career-high two touchdowns at New Orleans (12/25), ending day with six catches for 53 yards
Had team-high 63 yards, with a 25-yard long, and scored on a 14-yard pass from Kirk Cousins at Tampa Bay (12/13)
Caught a pair of passes for 23 yards vs. Dallas (11/22)
Notched a career-high two touchdown receptions vs. Detroit (11/8) in a 34-20 victory, catching nine- and 1-yard touchdowns from Kirk Cousins
Had four catches for 55 yards with a career-long of 36 vs. Atlanta (10/18), his second straight four-catch, 50+ yard game
Started at Seattle (10/11) and set career-high with 64 yards on four catches with a long of 25
Made his first start of the season at Indianapolis (9/20)
Played in season opener vs. Green Bay (9/13) and caught one pass for 11 yards

2019 (Minnesota 16/7, 2/1):

Played in 16 games (seven starts) his rookie season, totaling 36 receptions for 311 yards (8.6 avg.) and two touchdowns
Notched 36 receptions, setting a new Vikings record for receptions by a rookie TE, while appearing in all 16 regular season (seven starts) and two postseason games (1 start)
Earned his first career start and caught his first career pass at Green Bay (9/15)
Started at Detroit (10/20), setting a new career high with five receptions and matching his career high of 60 receiving yards
Caught the first touchdown reception of his NFL career vs. Denver (11/17), a 10-yard pass from Kirk Cousins, jump-starting a 20-point comeback en route to a 27-23 victory
Caught his second touchdown of the season at the Los Angeles Chargers (12/15), a 1-yard reception to end the opening drive
Made his NFL debut vs. Atlanta in Week 1 (9/8)
Made his NFL postseason debut by starting in the Wild Card win at New Orleans (1/5/20)
Caught three passes in the Divisional game at San Francisco (1/11/20)

COLLEGE:

Spent three years at Alabama (2016-2018), playing in 38 games (19 starts), notching 58 receptions for 838 yards (14.4 avg.) and 10 touchdowns
Set Alabama record for touchdown catches in a season by a TE with seven and yards with 710 as a junior in 2018
Declared for NFL Draft following his junior year
Was the fourth of 10 Alabama players drafted in 2019
Named Second Team All-SEC by league coaches and was a Second Team All-America choice by the AFCA
Ranked fourth on team with 44 catches, 710 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 16.1 yards per catch
Had 28 of his catches result in a first down or touchdown and had 11 catches of 20-plus yards

PERSONAL:

Attended Brother Martin High school in New Orleans, La. and caught 31 passes as a senior for 558 yards and four touchdowns
Father, Irv Sr., was a first-round pick of the Saints in 1993 (20th overall) and went on to play seven seasons with New Orleans (five), San Francisco (one) and Cleveland (one), catching 183 passes with 15 TDs in 95 career games
Uncle, Ed, played in the NFL from 1997-99 with Washington, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit
Majored in kinesiology at Alabama. Hopes to open a gym following his football career
Born in Ariz. and lived there until age 14 when his family moved to New Orleans

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