Career
Small was born in Lumberton, North Carolina. He was the first round draft choice number 12 from The Citadel to the Atlanta Falcons. He played 3 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons and 2 seasons with the Detroit Lions.
He was drafted in the first round with the twelfth overall pick in the 1970 NFL Draft.
After football, Small was a speaker at schools and hospitals in the Augusta area and helped create a Christian ministry program to help troubled youth called JKS Team Incorporated (where he led as Chief Executive Officer).