Not exactly the kind of career you want to have as the #1 overall pick

Apr 19, 2021
9:50:37am

Y05 All-American

But he overcame a lot of adversity, produced (wins and stats), and made a lot of money.

He should be happy as he moves on to the next chapter of life.

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Time

Alex Smith retired

the_byu_flash

4/19/21 9:44am

Wow. All that work to rehab and come back for basically naught.

VACOUGFAN

4/19/21 9:45am

Well at least he’ll have a functional leg

Heath Squashwell

4/19/21 9:46am

nbd

shimmy

4/19/21 9:49am

RE: Well at least he’ll have a functional leg

VACOUGFAN

4/19/21 9:50am

He can hire people to walk for him!

travelcoug

4/19/21 10:06am

??? He was comeback player of the year. He did it. Amazing comeback.

byuwahoo

4/19/21 9:47am

Coming back from that to play a single down is remarkable and a huge achievement

rad dawg

4/19/21 9:49am

Great point.

VACOUGFAN

4/19/21 9:51am

He does get to live the rest of his life after rehabed too

CougarCanuck76

4/19/21 9:51am

I really admire the work and dedication to come back at all. He didn't have to.

runitup590

4/19/21 9:53am

He had 20 million reasons to come back

Remigius

4/19/21 10:05am

I think it was a matter of him wanting to prove to himself he could get back to where he was...mission accomplished...

Bonoman

4/19/21 10:30am

His leg....

kotacoug

4/19/21 9:45am

RE: His leg....

Cougarclaw

4/19/21 9:48am

RE: His leg....

ldssdl

4/19/21 10:19am

I think he proved to himself he could play again & is now prioritizing family

Hang10

4/19/21 9:48am

He must’ve found nobody would sign him.

RdF3

4/19/21 9:49am

At this point and situation he'd only considering for a backup position

mudpupper

4/19/21 9:53am

I also imagine teams were scared off by his injury.

RdF3

4/19/21 9:55am

Not exactly the kind of career you want to have as the #1 overall pick

Y05

4/19/21 9:50am

He has nothing to prove to anyone. Coming back from an injury like that...

hadmonster

4/19/21 10:03am

I can think of lots of overall #1 picks who should be jealous of his career.

garyfan

4/19/21 10:09am

#35 on the career passer rating list. 35,000 yds. Not bad

ALUF 1990

4/19/21 11:41am

All very impressive. Too bad he will always be remembered as the unfortunate

Big Daddy D

4/19/21 12:20pm

I don't think so. He was 20+ picks above Rogers. Almost every team passed on

ALUF 1990

4/19/21 12:55pm

He will be remembered for his comeback - as he should be.

Marvelous

4/19/21 1:06pm

At this point, quality of life has to be the priority

HiLife

4/19/21 9:57am

I could see teams approaching him about consulting or coming on staff.

whirl

4/19/21 10:18am

Who?

rocker

4/19/21 10:18am

He is a good man. I wish him the best.

DazeofBlue

4/19/21 10:45am

Maybe he could come to SLC

davidsonlaw

4/19/21 10:47am

What an incredible story the last couple of years. Inspirational.

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