Newly signed Dallas Cowboys pass rusher Aldon Smith hasn't played in the NFL since 2016. During his time away from the game he found himself in a dark place. Smith sat down for an interview with Jay Glazer of FOX Sports, detailing how 2018 was the worst time of his life, and at one point he was sleeping under a car.
From sleeping under a car, to joining the @dallascowboys.@AldonSmith tells @JayGlazer about his long journey back to the NFL: pic.twitter.com/osu8mV36h6
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“I would say 2018 was a tough year,” the new Cowboys talent said. “In that year, I was in a really dark place. I didn’t have a lot of value for how I thought about myself. When I was in the bad spot, it got pretty bad. I was sleeping under a car for some nights because my sickness took me there. And I had a home to sleep in. But I was in such a dark place that I didn’t see myself deserving anything other than that.”
Smith had multiple runs in with the law and has found himself suspended multiple times by the NFL for violations of substance-abuse and personal conduct policy. Smith's last arrest came in June of last year for DUI. Glazer has taken Smith under his wing, and according to Glazer the Cowboys star has been sober for the last nine months, and he is ready to become an impact player again in the NFL.
Smith has been talking to veterans through Glazer’s Merging Veterans and Players Foundation.
“At the beginning of it I was a little hesitant to talk but the more I felt comfortable with those people, it really just became so therapeutic for me because I was able to get help for me because I was able to get help for things that I was dealing with and I was also able to help by sharing my story,” Smith saiud.
Smith is going to have a short leash in the NFL, but it's good to hear that his life seems to be heading back in the right direction, which is a lot more important than his play on the field.
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