Smalls Pulls Plug on His Husky Career, Enters Transfer Portal

The 6-foot-3, 257-pound junior played in all 29 games held during his time at the UW, and he drew a starting assignment as a freshman against Stanford. 

Yet Smalls never opened another Husky game over the next two seasons, finding himself at times playing behind lesser heralded edge rushers such as Cooper McDonald and Jordan Lolohea.

Over three seasons, he finished with 32 tackles, a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery. 

Again, he became a solid player for the UW, but not the elite talent that was projected. 

Smalls was one of two 5-star recruits from Kennedy Catholic High in south Seattle who signed with Washington, later joined by quarterback Sam Huard, and one of four players from that one-time football powerhouse who became Huskies. None of them made it work at the UW.

Huard and wide receiver Lonyatta Alexander Jr. transferred to Big Sky teams Cal Poly and Montana State, respectively, while wide receiver Jabez Tinae remains with the Huskies but was ruled out for the spring with an injury that required surgery. 

Smalls, who missed a number practices recently with a foot injury, has two seasons of eligibility remaining at the college level.

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