re: 2018 Football Recruiting Thread -- Final OP Update Edition

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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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Posted on 7/12/17 at 1:01 pm to TigerPaw1

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What does Justin Fields think about Kearis Jackson?

Harrison High’s Justin Fields, the 5-star QB on everyone’s mind, makes it clear that he would like to play with Jackson.

“I feel like he is underrated,” Fields said, in reference to Jackson. “Seeing him work up in Oregon and how he did having never played with his quarterbacks and stuff showed me that. I saw him play and I felt like those quarterbacks didn’t really trust him. I trust him. If he was on my team then he would have had about eight touchdown catches.”

Those two speak often. They were talking when the news broke that 247Sports had moved Fields up to the No. 1 overall ranking for the Class of 2018.

“I called to congratulate him,” Jackson said. “I had told him that was going to end up happening and then he told me there was a good chance that we were going to play together.”

Jackson feels that there is a 90 percent chance that they will play together in college.

“I think I will decide first,” Jackson said. “I don’t know but I think he might take his officials and stuff. I’m not real sure about that. I don’t know if anyone else is.”