So long Will Jackson
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New JUCO CB Will Jackson is leaving the team. Apparently he wasnt happy with his spot on the depth chart heading into the week.
Cant compete.... wasnt getting the playbook.... sorry man i love the fact that this crap isnt going to be coddled anymore.. good luck to him we are building a championship team day by day if you cant put in the work to help your team then its best to move on.
Yep, Coach Fisher called him a "slow blinker" yesterday and said he was struggling and wasn't ready to play.
On a positive note, it sounds like Braxton Clark is doing very well. Also, this could open up a scholarship for Moses Bryant.
On a positive note, it sounds like Braxton Clark is doing very well. Also, this could open up a scholarship for Moses Bryant.
I'm confused, didn't we just bring him in like 2 months ago?
The coaches talked about bringing competition to positions and they delivered. Some kids are responding and others are not.
And just like that we open up another scholarship for next years class from a player that was never going to contribute.
Also shows that the coaches don’t play favorites for kids they recruited and brought in. I feel like this is nothing but a good sign for NU. Good luck to the kid, though.
Also shows that the coaches don’t play favorites for kids they recruited and brought in. I feel like this is nothing but a good sign for NU. Good luck to the kid, though.
Yup.. meanwhile a lot of fan’s favorite scapegoat Lamar Jackson is still running with the 1’s.
Good for him.
Good for him.
Help me out on footballese. If you are a slow blinker, does that mean you aren’t moving around well?
To clarify, Fisher said he was dealing with a bit of a hip injury, which is the slow blinker reference.
Travis Fisher will likely turn out to be the most important coach in Lamar's career.
Dunno if it's scapegoating when you echo pretty much every coach he's ever had in saying he hasn't played up to his potential. Nobody is rooting against the kid, sometimes statements of fact sting. We'd all love to see him go out there this year and be picking off passes.
I don’t believe anyone is rooting against him. I’m saying he had become the face of struggling secondary here last year and I’m willing to bet a lot of that was in coaching. Not many people were putting blame on Eric Lee or Avery Anderson. He became the person everyone pointed at when the secondary was, rightfully, questioned.
From Jackson's NU commitment announcement:
Jackson is a former 2-star recruit from St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C. Jackson committed to Kentucky in the Class of 2016, but he was dismissed from the team during his redshirt freshman season in 2016 for a “violation of team rules.” He attended Mesa Community College in Arizona for the 2017 season.
The "violation of team rules" has never been disclosed, but clearly there were issues in the past. Maybe, as a juco transfer, he thought the job was already his. Maybe he didn't work hard enough. Maybe he couldn't grasp the concepts. Bottom line is that he just wasn't good enough to crack the two deep.
He has limited time left to still make an impact somewhere so I don't blame him for moving on. He may have been encouraged to do so. A year ago, Jackson probably becomes a significant contributor out of sure necessity. Thank you HCSF for creating an environment where competition for starting spots is a real thing.
Jackson is a former 2-star recruit from St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C. Jackson committed to Kentucky in the Class of 2016, but he was dismissed from the team during his redshirt freshman season in 2016 for a “violation of team rules.” He attended Mesa Community College in Arizona for the 2017 season.
The "violation of team rules" has never been disclosed, but clearly there were issues in the past. Maybe, as a juco transfer, he thought the job was already his. Maybe he didn't work hard enough. Maybe he couldn't grasp the concepts. Bottom line is that he just wasn't good enough to crack the two deep.
He has limited time left to still make an impact somewhere so I don't blame him for moving on. He may have been encouraged to do so. A year ago, Jackson probably becomes a significant contributor out of sure necessity. Thank you HCSF for creating an environment where competition for starting spots is a real thing.
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I imagine I wasn't the only one who saw his past "accomplishments" and his stat line coming out of JUCO and thought, "Really? And he's coming to Nebraska on a football scholarship? Well, if you say so..."
Once in a while the sun shines on my ***.
Ah well. Had hopes for him helping out but if it didn't work, it didn't work. Best of luck to him
"Slow blinker" is another way to say someone is not very bright. He wasn't picking up the playbook mentally.
Survival of the fittest. Good move by all if he wasn’t going to play.
Not sure where you come up with the scapegoat label but if you think Lamar has played up his ranking/ability/expectations, then I don't know what to say. He clearly has not.
We were desperate for bodies when we took him. It appears that we aren't quite that desperate anymore.
https://nebraska.forums.rivals.com/threads/junior-college-db-will-jackson-is-n.210879/
Quite a different story now then when he signed on just a few short months ago.
Quite a different story now then when he signed on just a few short months ago.
"Sir, we're closing soon, but I can put this in a 'to go' cup with a lid.."
To be fair, the coaches would probably say the same thing. We were not in a good place after spring ball. It sounds like there has been some major progression over the summer months and in fall camp. TBD obviously...but I think the coaches feel much better about that position right now.
Guess I didn’t know that.
This is the quote that had me associate it with the hip injury...
Nebraska secondary coach Travis Fisher said Monday that Jackson was struggling to learn the playbook, and had been battling a hip injury this fall as well. "Will Jackson has a slow blinker right now," Fisher said.
He goes on to talk about the mental part of the game that he was struggling with as well, in terms of the playbook. So I associated the slow blinker with the hip injury.
Thanks for clarifying, just never heard the phrase used before.
And now we know why a kid with his size and speed was still available in the summer. They took a flyer on him. The new true freshmen are ahead of him. There really isn't a need for a juco.
Lamar Jackson said some good things about the freshmen a couple weeks ago, but didn't offer a response when asked about Will Jackson. That tells you something right there.
Frost's system isn't about storylines but performance and competition.
If he was threatening to quit the team... we should instead put him at the front of the line to be our kickoff return man even though we might have several several much better options.