“I’m so f- - -ing proud of him,” I exclaimed on a quoted tweet after reading the news that former Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith had reached an agreement on a contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys this past Tuesday afternoon.
It’s been quite the rollercoaster for Smith, who wasn’t even sure if he’d ever play football again after the 2016 Fiesta Bowl where he suffered one of the more freakish knee injuries you’ll see an athlete suffer. (I’d link you to the video of it, but nobody should watch that again or at all for that matter.