The 2020 Comeback Player of the Year, Alex Smith decided to hang up his cleats earlier this week. Smith was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 draft and started 167 career games, overcoming a season-ending shoulder injury in 2008 and miraculously working back from a gruesome broken leg in 2018 that required 17(!) surgeries. He missed all of 2019, beat an infection in the leg, and went on to start six games for Washington last season, going 5-1 under center and guiding the Football Team to an NFC East title and playoff berth. Smith, 36, was later released by Washington this offseason as the team moved in a different direction with Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Alex Smith, Julian Edelman Hang Up Cleats
