Aldon Smith Dies at 36 After Setting NFL's 27-Game Sack Record
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 14
Aldon Smith Dies at 36 After Setting NFL's 27-Game Sack Record
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 14
Summary
San Francisco announced Aldon Smith's death at 36, calling the former 49ers star's passing sudden and tragic; no cause of death was disclosed.
Smith burst into the NFL with 14 sacks as a rookie in 2011 and 19.5 in 2012, reaching 30 career sacks in just 27 games — the fastest pace in league history.
That rise was derailed by substance-abuse and legal troubles: he entered rehab in 2013, served a 9-game suspension in 2014 and was released by the 49ers after a third DUI arrest in 2015.
Smith later played 9 games for the Raiders, returned from a four-season suspension to start all 16 games for Dallas in 2020, then was released by Seattle in 2021 after another arrest.