Tampa Bay Buccaneers sign LB Daryl Smith

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers agreed to terms with free agent linebacker Daryl Smith on Friday.

The deal was for a reported one year.

The 6-foot-2, 250-pound Smith comes to Tampa Bay after three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. Smith, 34, was released by the Ravens on March 3 with two years remaining on his contract, and he was scheduled to earn $3.5 million in 2016. He led the Ravens in tackles last season with 121.

"We're excited to add a player of Daryl's caliber to our defense," Bucs general manager Jason Licht said in a statement. "He's a smart, consistent linebacker who has performed at a very high level throughout his career. Daryl's combination of leadership and experience will serve us well."

Smith originally entered the league as a second-round selection (39th overall) of the Jaguars in the 2004 NFL Draft, spending his first nine seasons in Jacksonville (2004-12).

In his 12-year career, Smith has started 172 of 174 regular-season games played, totaling 1,046 tackles, 68 passes defensed, 30.5 sacks, 13 forced fumbles, 11 interceptions and six fumble recoveries. He has also started all five postseason games he has appeared in, notching 43 tackles, two forced fumbles, one pass defensed, one sack and one interception.

Since joining the Ravens in 2013, Smith ranks fifth in the NFL in total tackles (371) and his 29 passes defensed are tied for the most by a linebacker during that span. Smith and Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David are the only two players to total at least five, sacks, five interceptions, four forced fumbles and 25 passes defensed over the past three seasons.

Smith ranks fourth among active players in total tackles and is one of only four active players to record at least 30 sacks and 10 interceptions.