Episode 013: Hunter Smith

He was one of the best punters in the NFL and won a Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts in 2007. But Hunter Smith learned that fame and fortune and football don’t fulfill him. In fact, just two years into his professional career he realized on the outside he had everything, but on the inside he felt nothing.

Hunter left football in 2010—after being let go from the Washington Redskins—and started a career in music. Growing up in Texas, singing and playing the guitar was nearly as ingrained in him as football was, and now Hunter has found that writing and performing allow him to “focus on the stuff that lasts.”

A Super Bowl Champion punter and holder, Hunter Smith spent 12 years in the NFL, including a decade with the Indianapolis Colts. After leaving football in 2010, Hunter launched a music career which now records and tours under the name The Hunter Smith Band. Hunter, his wife and their kids live on a farm in Zionsville, Indiana.