Washington Redskins QB Alex Smith is still on the road to recovery after he suffered a gruesome leg injury against the Houston Texans in 2018 that has caused him to have multiple surgeries and a scary infection in the months following.
As fans, we saw his leg twisted in a terrible way out on the field, but we really had no clue how bad the injury was until today.
On Monday, a photo emerged of his leg just days after surgery and it was quite gruesome.
The Washington Times later reported that Smith underwent 17 surgeries.
“I had a pretty serious infection … they had a lot of complications with it,” Smith said.
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Smith shared that he is “very much lucky to be alive.”
Smith has never wavered in his desire to return to the field.
“There’s enough there that I can go out there and play,” said Smith. “Knowing that, yeah, failure is a possibility … I need to prove that I can come back and play quarterback in the NFL, and if I can do that, that would be great and it’ll get figured out.”
The full interview:
A documentary on Washington Redskins and former Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Alex Smith will debut at 7:30 p.m. Friday on ESPN.
