JACKSON ON THE FIELD
He is ranked the 24th-best recruit in the nation overall by
247Sports and No. 3 cornerback.
Jackson is keeping his college options open.
Photo by Louis Lopez
But he is so much more to Serra.
Oh sure, he had five interceptions last season — and defense is definitely his ticket to college — but it was his dazzling play on offense that keyed Serra’s state-championship season.
When star running back Anterio Bateman went down with a season-ending injury at midseason, Jackson picked up his offensive game with 33 catches for 546 yards and five touchdowns.
When he carried the ball, he was even more explosive with seven carries for 175 yards and five more scores. He had three catches for 82 yards and two scores in the state title game, a 42-15 win over Oakdale, but it was his 78-yard TD jaunt off a fake punt on a fourth-and-31 call that will have people around California talking for years.
“That was sort of crazy. That even surprised me a little," said Jackson,
who also scored an acrobatic touchdown on a screen pass.
By the end of the season, he surprised few on the Serra sideline. He was a second team Junior All-American.
“Honestly,” Attenberg said, "he looked sort of unstoppable at times.”
