J.R. Smith had a 16-year NBA career that included two championships and a Sixth Man of the Year Award, and now he's headed back to school with his sights set on becoming a student-athlete.
Smith, 35, is enrolling at HBCU North Carolina A&T State University with plans to join the Aggies' golf team while pursuing a liberal studies degree. He's awaiting the NCAA to grant him eligibility. Smith went straight from high school to the NBA in '04 and NCAA rules state "an individual shall not be eligible for intercollegiate athletics in a sport if the individual ever competed on a professional team in that sport.