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Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:59 pm to TigerPaw1
Posted on 7/12/17 at 12:59 pm to TigerPaw1
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Which teams are in it for Kearis Jackson?
Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State sound like the real contenders here. FSU and LSU also make his Top 7. Are there any of those schools rising to the top with a strong closing kick?
“It is probably like Auburn, Alabama and Georgia,” Jackson said. “It is probably going to come down to those three because I don’t want to go too far off.”
Most of the industry points to Jackson as a Georgia lean. He’s worn the bands and done the video bombs. But he’s at Auburn this week on a big visit.
He’s been to Auburn more this summer than any other school. Jackson hasn’t been to UGA at all this summer. He’s not even sure if he will be at UGA this weekend for what folks on the DawgNation.com message board have been calling the “Kir-B-Q” cookout event.
In fact, the only other school he has visited more than Auburn would be Georgia. He visits The Plain on July 13, but it will not be an overnight trip.
“I may go to Georgia on the 14th,” Jackson said. “But I don’t know about Georgia. I know I am going to Auburn this week, though.”
How many times has Jackson been to Auburn?
“A lot,” Jackson said. “I’ve been to Auburn the most this summer. That’s the only school I have been to this summer.”
The visit count sounds like “about 10” overall to UGA.
The trip this week to Auburn will be his fifth this summer. He’ll meet up with 5-star QB Justin Fields there. They will also throw in Jordan-Hare Stadium with Brookwood 4-star Matt Hill.
“We are all going to throw together,” Jackson said. “I know Matt really well. We were all planning on going to Auburn together for this visit.”
This will just be the second time that Fields and Jackson have taken a college visit together. Does Jackson have a good idea of what he wants to do yet?
“I don’t know,” he said. “It is going to be tough. It is going to depend on the next few visits I take.”
Auburn is closest to his home. That’s only about 105 minutes. Georgia is about 30 minutes farther away than that. The Bulldogs were the first to offer him and then were followed closely by Alabama.
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:00 pm to TigerPaw1
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What keeps Kearis Jackson coming back to Auburn?
That answer is two-fold.
“I just like their receivers coach a lot,” Jackson said. “I like coach (Kodi) Burns a lot. We have a good relationship. I can see the things he is trying to do at Auburn plus that quarterback (Jarrett Stidham) they just got over there at Auburn is pretty good.”
The big reason is there in plain sight for all to see. That depth chart.
“That depth chart is not so loaded either or full,” Jackson said.
How does that compare to his opportunity to sign with UGA?
“Georgia seems like it has a list full of receivers and Auburn does not,” Jackson said.
Jackson said that his recruiting experience has been similar to what he expected it was going to be.
“It is going how I thought it was going to go,” Jackson said. “Some coaches are going to mess with you and really recruit you because they want you. Some are not. It is starting to really show right now.”
He noted that Auburn, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State have recruited him the hardest.
“Alabama is starting to hop on board a lot now,” Jackson said. “But when I went out to Oregon, I just saw how things would be going out far like that. I thought about that and going up to Ohio State and Michigan. I don’t think I could play in that cold.”
And it wasn’t that cold up in Oregon that week.
“But in the mornings it was cold,” Jackson said. “Kinda.”
Jackson said he would not mind running track in college for one of those schools.
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