Bengals make trade with Jaguars, acquire DE Chris Smith

The Cincinnati Bengals added to their defensive line room by making a trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Tuesday, acquiring fourth-year defensive end Chris Smith for a conditional draft choice in 2018. The Enquirer confirmed the draft choice would be in the seventh round.

The 6-foot, 1-inch, 266-pound defensive end played in 19 games over three years with the Jaguars and recorded 4.5 sacks. His first takedown of a quarterback was a half-sack of Andy Dalton on Nov. 2, 2014.

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Smith, 25, hasn't seen much action since the Jaguars drafted him out of Arkansas in the fifth-round in 2014. He played a career-high 153 snaps in 2015 but has seen the field for just 311 plays over his career.

The Bengals liked Smith's speed coming out of college and adds competition to a defensive line group that lost Margus Hunt and Domata Peko to free agency.

Wallace Gilberry was retained as a free agent, and injured draft picks Marcus Hardison and Andrew Billings are healthy and expected to compete for playing time.