Washington Football Team QB Alex Smith has been cleared for football activity and activated off the physically unable to perform list, the team announced Sunday.

Washington Football Team QB Alex Smith has been cleared for football activity and activated off the physically unable to perform list, the team announced Sunday. 

Smith broke the tibia and fibula in his right leg in a November 2018 game against Houston. Because of an infection, Smith required 17 surgeries, and doctors worried not only about the possibility of his leg being amputated but also feared for his life. The injury occurred 33 years to the day of Joe Theismann’s broken leg for Washington.

Smith’s wife Elizabeth, posted a video on Instagram Saturday of her family spraying the veteran QB with a champagne shower. 

“Hard work pays off! Lots to celebrate in the Smith house tonight,” she wrote on Instagram.

Smith was traded to Washington in March of 2018 after