ESPN goes behind the scenes of Alex Smith’s road to recovery

going to turn though to the remarkable story then if I'll quarterback Alex Smith he's the former first overall pick he nearly lost his life after suffering a brutal injury on the field but now he's making a comeback against the odds ESPN got special access to Smith and his family and will Reeve has their story this was the last time Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith ran on to an NFL field Alex Smith 14 year veteran has this team at first place in their division November 18th 2018 add a scarred into Smith's memory forever I remember the play I remember pre-snap you know making the protection adjustment it was a pressure look Smith gets the snap here comes pressure Kareem gets up down with JJ Watt a deep sack on Smith and I tell you what Smith is hurt badly to look down and to see your leg crooked like bending rich and bent certainly is a unusual sight the 3-time NFL Pro Bowler suffered one of football's most gruesome injuries after being rushed to the hospital his condition took a turn for the worse very quickly we're talking about saving his life ESPN was given special behind-the-scenes access to Smith and his family facing his toughest opponent yet the 14 year NFL veteran remained calm and gave his wife the pep talk they both needed to hear he one night looked over at me and he said it's gonna be okay and he said do you know how many people would love to trade positions with me and I'm like what he's like Gina the things and the blessings we have he's like and we can't take it for granted not even for a minute he's like perspective ready to get after come on up about six months and 17 surgeries later first row since November 18 Smith was back on his feet man I'm pushing sleds and like pressing and squatting and you know lunging and doing stuff even with this thing on at the same time obviously jonesing to get this thing off my leg and and take the next steps defying the odds for what some say is an impossible and if L come back football might not be out of the question you know can I go play quarterback again can i push it that far yeah feels good normal which is good Smith right now is participating in virtual workouts and doctors will clear him when and only when they can see him and perform bone scans and they see sufficient healing there is no timetable for when they can do that procedure given the state of the world but if you want to see more of Alex Smith's incredible remarkable journey tune in to ESPN tonight at 7:30 guys yes certainly it's such an inspiration edible inspiration credible guy incredible story well hey there GMA fans Robin Roberts here thanks for checking out our YouTube channel lots of great stuff here so go on click the subscribe button right over right over here to get more of awesome videos and content from GMA every day anytime we thank you for watching and we'll see you in the morning on GMA

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Length: 3min 8sec (188 seconds)

Published: Fri May 01 2020