{"id":611050,"date":"2026-04-28T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/611050\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:25:10","slug":"emmitt-smiths-son-e-j-signs-chiefs-udfa-contract-after-visiting-cowboys-before-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/611050\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmitt Smith&#8217;s Son E.J. Signs Chiefs UDFA Contract After Visiting Cowboys Before 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Former Texas A&amp;M running back E.J. Smith, the son of NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith, <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXk5helDSWR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=3eb5afd2-68f5-43a9-9779-6c5aedb4e75b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">has signed<\/a> with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Smith worked out for the team where his father became one of the best running backs in NFL history, the Dallas Cowboys, before the draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;Very cool,&#8221; head coach Brian Schottenheimer <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48394075\/nfl-dallas-cowboys-emmitt-smith-ej-smith-rio-de-janeiro-brazil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">told reporters<\/a> at the time. &#8220;You know me, man, I&#8217;m family. I&#8217;m all family. And you watch his film and he was an incredible short-yardage runner, powerful. But, yeah, just watching him move, seeing him in person, the type of young man he is, it&#8217;s cool.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Smith, 23, rushed for 969 yards and nine touchdowns in a college career that spanned six seasons. He was not among the top-300 players on the B\/R NFL Scouting Department&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25419331-2026-nfl-draft-big-board-br-nfl-scouting-depts-final-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">final big board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Texas A&amp;M running back E.J. Smith, the son of NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith, has signed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-611050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}