{"id":834021,"date":"2026-03-26T01:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/834021\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T01:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:44:18","slug":"nfl-draft-hopeful-ej-smith-son-of-emmitt-smith-says-he-has-workout-set-up-with-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/834021\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL draft hopeful EJ Smith, son of Emmitt Smith, says he has workout set up with Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Before his NFL career ended, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/emmitt-smith\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/emmitt-smith\/\">Emmitt Smith<\/a> made his mark as one of the game\u2019s greatest running backs. Now, his son is looking to live up to that legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">On Wednesday, Texas A&amp;M running back EJ Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CarterKarels\/status\/2036907962753573077\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CarterKarels\/status\/2036907962753573077\">told reporters he has predraft workouts set up with the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans.<\/a> EJ Smith and several other Aggies suited up for A&amp;M\u2019s pro day on Wednesday in College Station.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Texas A&amp;M RB EJ Smith, son of Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith, said he has workouts set up with the Cowboys and Texans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carter Karels (@CarterKarels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarterKarels\/status\/2036907962753573077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Cowboys had a contingent on hand for the pro day, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CarterKarels\/status\/2036905459513168169\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CarterKarels\/status\/2036905459513168169\">led by head coach Brian Schottenheimer.<\/a> Schottenheimer has been busy evaluating talent this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2026\/03\/24\/dallas-cowboys-nfl-draft-anthony-hill-jr-texas-longhorns-pro-day\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2026\/03\/24\/dallas-cowboys-nfl-draft-anthony-hill-jr-texas-longhorns-pro-day\/\">spending time at Texas\u2019 pro day on Tuesday in Austin.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cowboys<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Be the smartest Cowboys fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">EJ Smith notably closed out his collegiate career at A&amp;M after transferring in from Stanford. He played for the Aggies for two years. He ran for 969 yards and nine touchdowns throughout his time at A&amp;M and Stanford. He also posted 71 catches for 470 yards and one receiving touchdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Before he moved on to the college ranks, EJ Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/high-school-sports\/football\/2019\/12\/18\/building-his-own-legacy-ej-smith-signing-with-stanford-was-aided-by-some-advice-from-his-hall-of-fame-father\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/high-school-sports\/football\/2019\/12\/18\/building-his-own-legacy-ej-smith-signing-with-stanford-was-aided-by-some-advice-from-his-hall-of-fame-father\/\">was a Dallas-area high school standout at Jesuit.<\/a> He finished his high school career rushing for 3,072 yards and 60 touchdowns while totaling 1,618 receiving yards and 19 touchdowns on 114 catches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before his NFL career ended, Emmitt Smith made his mark as one of the game\u2019s greatest running backs.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[230,257,7,6,15,9,7212],"class_list":{"0":"post-834021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-cowboys","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-nfl-draft","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-texas-am-aggies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}