Everybody’s route to college football in the SEC is different. Some are five-star athletes that held every offer in the book, others are lowly rated recruits that had to start their collegiate journey elsewhere. It was the latter for Florida’s redshirt senior running back Ja’Kobi Jackson.
As a zero star recruit out of Pensacola Catholic High School, Jackson held just four division one offers: Western Kentucky, UAB, South Alabama, and Charlotte. It wasn’t because a lack of success, however. In two years at the varsity level, Jackson combined for 2,141 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns on 7.9 yards per carry.