Sports Now 13 months removed from gruesome leg injury, Redskins QB Alex Smith still hopes to play in 2020 NFL season December 30, 2019 Tom Schad, USA TODAY Comments Off on Now 13 months removed from gruesome leg injury, Redskins QB Alex Smith still hopes to play in 2020 NFL season Alex Smith sat out the entire 2019 season while recovering from a compound leg fracture, but the Redskins QB still wants to make it back to the field.