Super Bowl champ Torrey Smith has been working as an intern for Democratic Maryland U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings this month, it was reported.
As the Baltimore Ravens website points out, the speedy Ravens wideout is not doing this for publicity reasons, but he is actually work like every other intern at Cumming’s office.
“I was handling files, reading letters, relaying them, typing up what sponsors say, printing stuff,” Smith said, according to the website. “I was the office guy.” Smith added that “it was fun though.”
Smith, a criminal justice major at the University of Maryland, said he wanted to take time during the off season to do something other than football.
“It’s about seeing what’s out there,” Smith said. “As an athlete I feel like I always said, ‘Man, I can’t wait till I can just play football and I don’t have to worry about school.’ Now that all we do is work out and you have the rest of the day, I feel like I’m limiting myself if I don’t do anything else.”
Cummings told Buzzfeed that Smith, a second-year player, did an excellent job with his work.
“It was a pleasure having Torrey Smith intern with us, and I was glad that I could offer him the opportunity,” Cummings said. “Torrey was eager to learn about the legislative process and was treated no differently than any of our other interns–all of whom play a meaningful and important role in helping me serve the constituents of Maryland’s 7th District.”
He added: “I hope that this experience gave him the perspective he sought and I thank him for his outstanding work.”
ABC reports that Baltimore will pay Smith, 24, as much as $700,000 next season.
During the 2012 season, Smith caught 59 passes for 855 yards and eight touchdowns.
