By rule, Chiefs rookie inside linebacker Terrance Smith can’t wear No. 24, which was his choice at Florida State. Uniform numbers in the 20s are the domain of running backs and defensive backs in the NFL.
That number belonged to his father, Terry Smith, a former all-Atlantic Coast Conference wide receiver at Clemson, to whom Terrance pays tribute with a tattoo on his right arm. The image is of his father in his Tigers jersey, his hands resting on famed Howard’s Rock, the large piece of white flint that Clemson players touch before their home games.
With wings on his back.