On Tuesday, the team announced that Smith had been signed to the practice squad. In order to make room, the Bengals released tight end Scott Orndoff from the practice squad.
Smith, a sixth-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft out of Fresno State, had played in three games this year with one special teams tackle, but he was waived this weekend in order to make room for free agent kicker Marshall Koehn, who replaced the injury Randy Bullock in a Week 9 loss in Jacksonville.
Smith has played in 31 regular-season Bengals games the past three seasons and he has totaled seven tackles, one pass defensed on defense and six special teams tackles.