Monday’s announcement on Twitter by Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson that he had committed to spend the last two years of his college career at Maryland created a pretty big buzz on social media from Blacksburg to College Park.
Here are five things for Maryland fans to know about Jackson before he arrives later this year.
1. Jackson grew up in Ann Arbor, but the Wolverines recruited him as an “athlete,” not a quarterback.
The son of longtime Wolverines assistant coach Fred Jackson, Josh and his older brother Jeremy lived for the maize-and-blue as kids.