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Comeback complete: Alex Smith makes Washington roster, won't go on IR

Washington Football Team quarterback Alex Smith is one step closer to starting an NFL game again. Smith made the Washington Football Team’s 53-man roster Saturday, and it sounds like he might be available to play this season.

Smith, 36, will not be placed on Injured Reserve after making the team, according to Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post.

It’s yet another positive step for Smith, who is coming back from a gruesome leg injury he suffered during the 2018 season. Smith needed 17 surgeries on his leg following the injury.