Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith was ‘scared’ using pain medication after life-threatening leg injury By Ben Church , CNN 4 minute read ...

Retired NFL quarterback Alex Smith is helping others through the 'taboo' of pain after nearly dying from a leg injury in 2018 that required 17 surgeries, he exclusively tells PEOPLE.

Retired QB Alex Smith Nearly Died from a Leg Injury. 17 ... The signal-caller suffered a spiral and compound fracture to his tibia and fibula in his right leg after JJ Watt and Kareem Jackson ...

And for former NFL quarterback Alex Smith, November 18, 2018 ... He was taken to a hospital with a tibia and fibula fracture and quickly ... as I look back, if you let it spiral and get out ...

Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith was ‘scared’ using pain ... The severity of the injury was such that he underwent multiple surgeries to treat a spiral and compound fracture to his right ...

Retired QB Alex Smith Nearly Died from a Leg Injury. 17 ... The signal-caller suffered a spiral and compound fracture to his tibia and fibula in his right leg after JJ Watt and Kareem Jackson ...

Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith was ‘scared’ using pain ... The severity of the injury was such that he underwent multiple surgeries to treat a spiral and compound fracture to his right ...

Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith was ‘scared’ using pain ... The severity of the injury was such that he underwent multiple surgeries to treat a spiral and compound fracture to his right ...

Former NFL quarterback Alex Smith was ‘scared’ using pain ... The severity of the injury was such that he underwent multiple surgeries to treat a spiral and compound fracture to his right ...