The fashion in which Donovan Jackson found out he had been nominated for the All-American Bowl’s Man of the Year award was indicative of how news travels in 2020.
First, he found out via your favorite Eleven Warriors recruiting writer, had no idea what that certain writer was talking about, and then he had it confirmed via Twitter. So it was a tiny, mini whirlwind on Wednesday night.
“I was really thrown back, like, ‘What’s he talking about?’” Jackson said. “But it’s an honor even being nominated. I try to present myself as a role model and as a young man in the way my parents raised me off the field.