LB Dontavius Jackson & teammate land offers from Muschamp
December 16, 2015 by Phil Kornblut Link: SportsTalk
Dontavious Jackson
USC coach Will Muschamp Tuesday looked back at his old recruiting board at Auburn and called up LB Dontavious Jackson (6-2 239) of Houston and offered him. And while he was at it, Muschamp also offered Jackson’s teammate DB Chris Brown (5-11 183). Both are heavily recruited players with Jackson, in particular, regarded as one of the top players in the country at his position.
Jackson already has taken official visits to Florida State, UCLA and Michigan. And now the Gamecocks have a chance at landing one of his final two visits in January.
“I had never heard from South Carolina until Coach Muschamp got there,” Jackson said. “He told me he recruited me hard at Auburn and I’m still one of his top priorities and he wanted to reach out to me and let me know that I have a scholarship from him and we’ll sit down and talk more later on.”
And that phone call alone, coming from a coach he highly respects, was enough to get the Gamecocks in the ballgame with Jackson.
“Coach Muschamp is really an intriguing guy and I’ve heard so much about him positively,” Jackson said. “A couple of my older brothers, you guys that I look up to, they’ve been coached by him and they say nothing but positive things about him.”
Jackson said he’s in the process of lining up his final two official visits but he’s not sure with whom they will be, but he said USC’s chance of getting one is “pretty high especially because they offered one of my teammates, so that will be something we definitely will talk about, get to go up there with each other.”
As of November 1st Jackson had a top list of Florida, Florida State, LSU, Alabama, Texas, LSU and UCLA. He will play in the Under Armour All American game next month and plans to wait until Signing Day for his announcement.
December 16, 2015 by Phil Kornblut Link: SportsTalk
Dontavious JacksonUSC coach Will Muschamp Tuesday looked back at his old recruiting board at Auburn and called up LB Dontavious Jackson (6-2 239) of Houston and offered him. And while he was at it, Muschamp also offered Jackson’s teammate DB Chris Brown (5-11 183). Both are heavily recruited players with Jackson, in particular, regarded as one of the top players in the country at his position.
Jackson already has taken official visits to Florida State, UCLA and Michigan. And now the Gamecocks have a chance at landing one of his final two visits in January.
“I had never heard from South Carolina until Coach Muschamp got there,” Jackson said. “He told me he recruited me hard at Auburn and I’m still one of his top priorities and he wanted to reach out to me and let me know that I have a scholarship from him and we’ll sit down and talk more later on.”
And that phone call alone, coming from a coach he highly respects, was enough to get the Gamecocks in the ballgame with Jackson.
“Coach Muschamp is really an intriguing guy and I’ve heard so much about him positively,” Jackson said. “A couple of my older brothers, you guys that I look up to, they’ve been coached by him and they say nothing but positive things about him.”
Jackson said he’s in the process of lining up his final two official visits but he’s not sure with whom they will be, but he said USC’s chance of getting one is “pretty high especially because they offered one of my teammates, so that will be something we definitely will talk about, get to go up there with each other.”
As of November 1st Jackson had a top list of Florida, Florida State, LSU, Alabama, Texas, LSU and UCLA. He will play in the Under Armour All American game next month and plans to wait until Signing Day for his announcement.
