As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries.

He attended Escambia High School in Pensacola where he played high school football for the Escambia Gators. Life after football
In September 2005 Smith signed on to serve as a studio analyst on the NFL Network show NFL Total Access. As part of a series of articles written for The Gainesville Sun in 2006 he was recognized as the No.

Smith is also one of only two non-kickers in NFL history to score more than 1000 career points (the other being Jerry Rice). Considered one of the greatest running backs in NFL history Smith played college football for the University of Florida where he was an All-American. He is also one of only four running backs to lead the NFL in rushing three or more consecutive seasons joining Steve Van Buren Jim Brown and Earl Campbell.