Alex Smith of the Washington Football Team looks ... "And a severe infection kind of set in, necrotizing fasciitis, which is a fancy word for flesh-eating bacteria in my leg.

No one knows the dangers of playing in the NFL more than former quarterback Alex Smith. In 2018, while playing for the Washington Commanders, the veteran signal-caller suffered a gruesome leg ...

"It is not some Disney story of just triumph and resilience, it was really hard," Smith tells PEOPLE about his recovery Scott Taetsch/Getty Retired NFL quarterback Alex Smith is ready to talk ab ...