As first reported by ESPN 980 AM in Washington D.C., the Washington Redskins will apparently sign former North Johnston High School multi-sport athlete and former East Carolina left tackle Willie Smith to a free agent contract. Smith was a two-year starter for the Pirates after transitioning from the defensive line to the offensive line during his sophomore season.

We hope to catch up with Willie sometime today. More to come.

To the many Sonny Jurgensen fans out there, I hear you.

Dozens of you are coming in loud and clear with your emails and telephone messages in response to my top 25 all-time list of ACC quarterbacks, which ran in Wednesday’s print edition.

Thanks for the impressive response and let me state up front that as a pure passer in the NFL, the former Duke player had few rivals.