A short interview clip and related parts of Aldon Smith’s barber shop conversation were posted last week, just before the former NFL defensive end died suddenly at 36. In the video, Smith spoke candidly about life after football, including door-to-door sales i
Aldon Smith was gone by Saturday, but the words he left behind had already been moving through the internet for days.
Over the weekend. a recent interview with the former NFL defensive end Aldon Smith emerged after his sudden death on Saturday. The video appears in several short parts—part one. part two. and part three—with the full interview totaling less than 30 minutes. It was posted last week by Tee Maultsby, a barber who films athletes during haircuts.
In the interview, Smith offered a raw look at what life has meant to him since football ended. He talks openly about the difficulty of his current stretch. and Maultsby gives him space to work through it on camera. The conversation includes a period when Smith was doing door-to-door sales in the Texas heat while he was “broke” and wearing an ankle monitor.
Smith’s remarks also describe an uneasy reality that kept following him even after football. A friend found Smith slumped and unresponsive in the friend’s truck after they had delivered pizzas to a homeless shelter.
No cause of death has been identified for Smith, who was 36.
In his NFL career, Smith was a dominant player early for the San Francisco 49ers. Off-field issues derailed his path for a time, but he still pushed forward and returned to the league with the Dallas Cowboys nine years after he was drafted. In his final season, he started all 16 games.
The interview’s quiet details—Smith’s early admission that he was struggling. the pace of a barber shop conversation that lets him speak without being rushed—now land with a different weight. The final record of his voice surfaced only days before his death. while the unanswered question of what led to it remains officially unconfirmed.
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So sad man. Didn’t even know he was doing sales and that monitor stuff…
Wait he was wearing an ankle monitor and doing door-to-door sales?? That sounds like they never left him alone, like the punishment was forever. I hope they figure out what happened.
Barber shop interview popping up right before he died is kinda spooky. Like either someone knew or he was setting something up. Also the article says he was broke but then he’s delivering pizzas? I dunno, could’ve been anything.
I’m confused why they keep mentioning the 49ers/Cowboys part like that explains the death. Ankle monitor in Texas heat?? That’s wild. Feels like he was dealing with something for years and nobody helped enough, but I guess they don’t know the cause yet.