Publish Date: May 19, 2014
As the only fullback in the Seahawks’ rookie minicamp, the inappropriately named Small participated on both the Green and Blue teams during the scrimmage that capped the third and final practice.
“I was on both teams, so it pretty much worked for me,” said Small, who might be vertically challenged at 5 feet 8½, but is hardly small at 247 pounds.
The Green team won 10-7, but then Small has been considering himself a winner since the Seahawks called his name in the seventh round of the NFL Draft last Saturday. He might have been the 227th of the 256 players selected, but the important thing is that Small was drafted.
It wasn’t that long ago that he figured his football career had slipped into the past tense. That’s when he was back home in Baltimore working in his family’s wholesale T-shirt business. He might have a body built to play football, but no one would give him the opportunity to do it.
Athletic Team: Men's Football