Damian Jackson Nebraska

[sportsfan41]

Anyone else heard of his story?  A walk on who is now a junior and recorded one solo tackle in their opening game last week against Illinois. The interesting part though is that Jackson spent 4 years in the Navy, as a SEAL before going to college.  
 

When his time in the Navy was coming to an end he started writing various top 25 colleges and telling them he wanted to try out. Oh, one other important detail, he didn’t play football in high school. He actually played soccer and baseball.  Just a cool story and the Navy actually has an article and video about him on their website. 

[punttheball]

37 minutes ago, sportsfan41 said:

Anyone else heard of his story?  A walk on who is now a junior and recorded one solo tackle in their opening game last week against Illinois. The interesting part though is that Jackson spent 4 years in the Navy, as a SEAL before going to college.  
 

When his time in the Navy was coming to an end he started writing various top 25 colleges and telling them he wanted to try out. Oh, one other important detail, he didn’t play football in high school. He actually played soccer and baseball.  Just a cool story and the Navy actually has an article and video about him on their website. 

That is awesome! D-1 football aint no joke.

[sportsfan41]

1 hour ago, punttheball said:

That is awesome! D-1 football aint no joke.

I thought so to.  Jackson is pretty damn stout, at least from an every day stand point. They have him listed as 6’2 270 and playing outside linebacker I believe.  Apparently he was a breacher during his time with the SEAL’s, which seems fitting for a guy that size. 

[Bluto]

I just saw the article and video, and came here hoping to see this thread.

Outstanding!

[sportsfan41]

1 minute ago, Bluto said:

I just saw the article and video, and came here hoping to see this thread.

Outstanding!

I know Nebraska did a 9/11 video for next week featuring Jackson but I haven't watched it yet. 

[Bluto]

Just now, sportsfan41 said:

I know Nebraska did a 9/11 video for next week featuring Jackson but I haven't watched it yet. 

Haven't seen the Nebraska video. I caught the report of it on FoxNews.