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A month later, former Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith finally goes home from hospital

Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith has been released from the hospital following multiple surgeries to his broken right leg.

His wife, Elizabeth Smith, posted an update on Instagram on Sunday morning and said she was grateful to have her husband home.

Traded by the Chiefs to Washington in the offseason to make way for Patrick Mahomes, Smith, 34, had been in a hospital for about a month since the gruesome injury he suffered during a game against the Houston Texans on Nov. 18.

On her Instagram, Elizabeth Smith wrote, “HOME...This last month has been a difficult ride.