HOUSTON – Growing up in a rural Virginia town between the Appomattox and James rivers, Texans veteran defensive end Darrell Taylor and his family endured extremely difficult circumstances.
Hopewell, which has a population of roughly 23,000, has been stricken by a high rate of violent crime and economic decline in recent years.
For Taylor, his formative years were a time when he and his family relied on love and hope as they experienced homelessness. There were times when Taylor, his mother, and his sister would sleep in their car. Many times, they would rest their heads on someone’s couch…