CONWAY, South Carolina -- There were times over the last year that Mykal Moody wasn't sure he'd ever play football again.
The former Conway High School star had become something of a college football vagabond, initially signing with East Carolina then instead heading to Hutchinson Community College in Kansas for a brief detour before rerouting yet again to South Carolina State, where he had to sit out his first year while focusing on his schoolwork.
He didn't practice with the Bulldogs last season as they surged to a 9-4 record and reached the FCS playoffs. He was just a regular student on campus, as he put it, "trying to get [his] grades straight." All the while wondering if his dazzling varsity days at Conway would be his final football contributions.
"I don't think I touched a football until the summer time," Moody said of last school year. "It was extremely hard. There were times I thought about not even playing anymore --- 'Man, do I even want to do it anymore?'"
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