“I was on some bad teams, and I played bad as a young player, certainly, at times. And that all mounts. Yeah, that all mounts. The perception. Everything that goes into that. And so, yeah, I think to kind of get over the hump of that, to change perception, it can be difficult. It's a tall task. And it takes a long time.”

American former professional football player, tight end

Edwin Alexander Smith is an American former professional football player who played tight end in the National Football League. He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 2005 NFL draft. Smith also spent time with the New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints, and Washington Redskins. His career reflects the path of a player who moved through several NFL rosters after entering the league as a draft pick.