While speaking at an Inova Sports Medicine event two weeks ago, Alex Smith dropped a bit of a bombshell on the room of medical professionals. According to Thom Loverro of the Washington Times, Smith mentioned that his injured leg had endured 17 surgeries to get him back to this point—this improving yet non-football-playing point.
That’s seventeen.
Besides my own tonsilectomy, that’s 16 more surgeries than I’ve ever had in my life. Of course, I’m not a professional athlete. I’ve never been in a medical trainer’s tent or needed to be checked by someone for a concussion.