Former Alabama cornerback Saivion Smith has signed with the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL team announced on Friday.

Smith already has played football in 2020 with the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL. The Roughnecks had the league’s best record at 5-0 when the XFL canceled the remainder of its season because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Smith left Alabama after the 2018 campaign with one season of eligibility remaining. He wasn’t selected in last year’s NFL Draft and signed as a rookie free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jacksonville waived Smith at the end of the preseason as it reduced its roster to the regular-season limit.

Smith is the second former Alabama defensive back signed by the Cowboys this offseason. Dallas signed safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix as an unrestricted free agent to a one-year, $4 million contract.

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Terms for Smith have not been disclosed.

Smith joins eight other cornerbacks on the Cowboys’ roster. Dallas lost Byron Jones in free agency when the five-year starter and former Pro Bowler signed a five-year, $82.5 million contract with the Miami Dolphins. The Cowboys’ other starting cornerback in 2019, Chidobe Awuzie, remains on the team.

Smith intercepted three passes in 2018, his only season at Alabama. Before that, he played 10 games in one season at LSU, then went to Mississippi Gulf Coast before joining the Crimson Tide.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.

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