NORTH AUGUSTA — As drivers pull off Interstate 20 at Exit 5, the line of fast-food restaurants quickly fades to reveal a number of oversized houses and out-of-place red brick mini-mansions with luxury cars parked out front.
It’s been nearly three years since Darrin Smalls last played in a football game, so the former Summerville star is eager to get back on the field as a redshirt freshman at Charleston Southern this fall.