Jaylon Smith’s journey back from a severe knee injury in college that threatened to end his football career to suiting up Saturday night for the Dallas Cowboys has been well-documented.
His older brother, Rod Smith, has fallen more into the background.
Rod Smith is an undrafted free agent who joined the Cowboys’ organization in 2015. After spending last season working as a fullback, Rod has returned to the running back position and is making a case to be on the 53-man roster, especially with Ezekiel Elliott facing a six-game suspension.
In a training camp marked by controversy ranging from suspensions to Elliott and Damontre Moore to the bizarre release of Lucky Whitehead in what became a case of mistaken identity, the Smith brothers’ play serves as a genuinely positive story for the Cowboys.