JSU Tigers' Smith trying to overcome injury

Jackson, MS - Jabril Smith yanks back his left sock. There's no need to point at the 4-inch long, 1-inch wide stomach-churning scar he exposes.

Streaking along the outside of his left leg, just below his ankle and just above his foot, the discolored mark only serves as an ugly reminder, a stain he wishes to forget but can't quite remove.

"I haven't looked at it in a while," the current Jackson State and former Callaway High kicker says. "It only bothers me every once in a while."

It pains him more mentally, maybe, than physically these days. After all, that broken leg kept him from, possibly, winning Jackson State a championship...

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