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CJ Smith

CJ Smith, LCMHA, is a former Division I football player (University of Minnesota and Campbell University) from Jacksonville, Florida, now a clinical mental health counselor supporting student-athletes.

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PODCASTS

Sep 22, 2026

Accidental Experts with Bryce Hamilton

Accidental Experts with Bryce Hamilton

Process Over Performance: Reducing the Pressure on Student Athletes with CJ Smith, LCMHA

Sep 22 · 37m

Bryce HamiltonHOST

7:48

So then how have you transferred from playing football to not playing football? How has that transition been for you?

7:56

And that's a great question.

7:59

I personally always knew that regardless of football, that I would figure it out.

8:05

Now, what I didn't know is I would have to figure it out faster than I expected.

8:08

Because if you would have told me right now, I probably would have thought I would have been in the NFL, making millions of dollars, bought my mom a house and all of the things.

8:15

But unfortunately that didn't happen.

8:17

And it was definitely rough because like I said, I started playing football at the age of seven and I stopped playing.

14 MINS LATER

Bryce HamiltonHOST

22:21

What do you think that athletes wish that their parents understood about what it's like to compete today?