{"id":1916958,"date":"2023-04-20T02:25:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T06:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-defensive-lineman-chris-smith-dead-at-31\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T02:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T06:26:37","slug":"former-nfl-defensive-lineman-chris-smith-dead-at-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-defensive-lineman-chris-smith-dead-at-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Defensive Lineman Chris Smith Dead At 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nfl-defensive-lineman-chris-smith-dead-at-31%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1916958&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a> defensive lineman Chris Smith has died at the age of 31, his agent Drew Rosenhaus said this week.<\/p>\n<p>Smith spent eight seasons in the NFL playing for the Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cincinnati Bengals, Las Vegas Raiders, and Houston Texans, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/36223731\/former-browns-de-chris-smith-dies-age-31-per-agent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was not precisely clear when Smith died and a cause of death was not given.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened by the passing of former Browns DE Chris Smith,\u201d the Cleveland Browns said in a statement. \u201cChris was one of the kindest people, teammates and friends we\u2019ve had in our organization. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are deeply saddened by the passing of former Browns DE Chris Smith. <\/p>\n<p>Chris was one of the kindest people, teammates and friends we&#8217;ve had in our organization. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K8HySW4erM\">pic.twitter.com\/K8HySW4erM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cleveland Browns (@Browns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Browns\/status\/1648345522292555776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Browns tight end David Njoku tweeted, \u201cHometown hero and a brother to everyone. Such a kind soul. This is Heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/18\/chris-smith-dealt-with-girlfriends-tragic-death-years-before-he-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that Smith dealt with tragedy in September 2019 when his 28-year-old girlfriend Petara Cordero was hit and killed by a passing car.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was driving his Lamborghini when it experienced a tire issue causing the car to hit the median. Smith apparently pulled off the side of the road, and when he and Cordero got out of the car, a woman driving a Mazda hit Cordero, killing her instantly.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod has a plan for all of us we can\u2019t understand but she is in a better place now and she can rest easy,\u201d Smith wrote on Instagram at the time. \u201cMy wifey my best friend and the mother of my beautiful daughter. Love you baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith said that she did not feel any pain when she was killed and that it was like she \u201cdied in her sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith later recounted that he leaned on his teammates in Cleveland to get through the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m doing good. I\u2019m better than I was,\u201d Smith told the Akron Beacon Journal a couple of months after Cordero was killed. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten used to the new normal. I think that\u2019s from being around my teammates, my family. Football\u2019s helped me so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe as a spiritual person, things happen for a reason. You don\u2019t like the way they happen, but God doesn\u2019t make any mistakes. She\u2019s one of God\u2019s angels. He had to take her home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith shared a daughter with Cordero, Haven Harris Smith, who was only four months old at the time Cordero died.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Newly signed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Panthers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Panthers<\/a> DE Chris Smith said it\u2019s the hardest thing he\u2019s ever gone through. His 6 month old daughter, Haven, will never meet her mother Petara Cordero\u2026but she will know her.<\/p>\n<p>Chris\u2019 mission of living to honor Petara\u2019s legacy airs Monday on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wsoctv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wsoctv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aC8xt2A6dR\">pic.twitter.com\/aC8xt2A6dR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Harris (@Matt____Harris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt____Harris\/status\/1236397620949667842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL defensive lineman Chris Smith has died at the age of 31, his agent Drew Rosenhaus said this week. Smith spent eight seasons in the NFL playing for the Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cincinnati Bengals, Las Vegas Raiders, and Houston Texans, according to ESPN. It was not precisely clear when Smith died and a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1916959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4270,3642,9623,7214,7215,7608],"class_list":["post-1916958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-chris","tag-dead","tag-defensive","tag-lineman","tag-nfl","tag-smith"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1916959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}