[1] Smoot attended Hinds Community College from 1997 to 1998 and Mississippi State University, where he played for the Bulldogs from 1999 to 2000.

In Smoot's four years with the Redskins, he collected 16 interceptions, and formed an impressive duo with Champ Bailey.

Following a strong season as part of the impressive Redskins defense in 2004, Smoot left the club as a free agent to sign with the Minnesota Vikings.

In the third game of the season against Chicago, Smoot sat out the opening drive reportedly for discipline reasons.

Smoot allegedly held a purple double-headed dildo and inserted it into the vaginas of two women who were lying on the floor in the lounge area.

[7] On May 2, 2006, Smoot pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and being a public nuisance on a watercraft in connection with the Love Boat scandal.

Smoot has advocated for the passage of the FIT Kids Act, federal legislation that would require school districts to report on students' physical activity while also distributing health and nutritional information.

On November 25, 2014, Smoot was arrested by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office on a domestic abuse charge by his former girlfriend, Valerie Jackson.

[13] On August 10, 2023, Smoot surrendered himself to the Loudoun County sheriff's department and arrested on a civil misdemeanor charge of "failure to comply with a support obligation".