{"id":33885,"date":"2026-09-06T14:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33885"},"modified":"2026-09-06T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:46:19","slug":"former-nfl-star-dies-at-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33885","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Star Dies at 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ad_ph\">\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Former NFL All-Pro pass rusher Aldon Smith has reportedly died at 36.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The San Francisco 49ers, who drafted him seventh overall in 2011, mourned the loss of a player once considered one of the NFL\u2019s brightest defensive stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Smith recorded 14 sacks as a rookie and 19.5 sacks the following season, earning Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro honors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">His promising career was later overshadowed by legal and personal struggles, though he made a comeback with the Dallas Cowboys in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Aldon Smith\u2019s story was one of incredible talent, immense potential and personal hardship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rest in peace, Aldon Smith. \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc8<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWQ9Dw_ZPlM?si=aJu6w9TPWwPyf7jt\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL All-Pro pass rusher Aldon Smith has reportedly died at 36. The San Francisco 49ers, who drafted him seventh overall in 2011, mourned the loss of a player once considered one of the NFL\u2019s brightest defensive stars. Smith recorded 14 sacks as a rookie and 19.5 sacks the following season, earning Pro Bowl and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=33885\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Former NFL Star Dies at 36&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33887,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33885\/revisions\/33887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}