Mr. President surprises himself
Two seasons ago, Kyle Jackson made 61 tackles as a redshirt freshman.
Last season, Jackson could only stand and watch. A dislocated joint in his foot kept him on the sidelines for the year.
However, Jackson is back. Working his way up from the third string, Jackson has been running with the first-team group because Brandon Watts has been out with an injury.
In a way, Jackson said he has surprised himself.
“It’s not surprising in the sense that I never thought I could do it, but it’s surprising in the sense of how quickly things are going,” Jackson said. “It was hard. Before I got hurt I was used to running with the ones. One of the biggest things I learned throughout my injury was humility and patience. It took a lot of humility and a lot of patience for me to come back to camp and to see myself low on the depth chart and have to work my way back up.
“The feeling right now, being where I’m at, is indescribable. I feel like I truly earned where I am right now.”
Now a redshirt junior, his return gives the Jackets more experience at middle linebacker. Aside from Brad Jefferson, who is a senior, Watts is a redshirt freshman, and Julian Burnett, who is on the second team, is a sophomore.
And Jackson is making improvements off the field, as well. He and teammate Roddy Jones were recently selected as co-presidents of the Student-Athlete Advisory Board. It serves as the voice of the athletes to the Athletic Association. Perhaps using this as practice for his future political hopes, he wants to improve the relationship that the Athletics Association has with the student body.
“I feel there’s a big disconnect between the two,” Jackson said. “I feel students almost fear athletes, in a sense they are afraid to approach us and it shouldn’t be that way. We want to bring Tech together as a community rather than two different bodies.”
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52 comments Add your comment
wesleywhatwhat
August 26th, 2010
3:39 pm
what’s the good word?
Mr. Magoo
August 26th, 2010
3:46 pm
THWG!!
Mr. Magoo
August 26th, 2010
3:46 pm
Piss on ‘em!!!
Tech Rules
August 26th, 2010
3:50 pm
To Hell with Georgia!
Burdell
August 26th, 2010
4:02 pm
Kyle flat out popped Jordan Luallen on a sack during the scrimmage a couple of weeks ago. The crack of helmet/pads hitting echoed around Bobby Dodd for a second. He was fired up. Glad to have you back K Jack!! GO JACKETS!!
Chad
August 26th, 2010
4:02 pm
Huh?
I feel like I truly where I am right now.”
ManUp...
August 26th, 2010
4:15 pm
Good work, Kyle Jackson and Roddy Jones! Gotta love when athletes get fired up on the field and off. Football players getting into the RIGHT kind of extracurriculars! Go Jackets!
Oh, and, yes. Though I am not a small dude myself (around 6′ 4″ 220) even I sidestep Joshua Nesbitt when he’s walking around campus (he saunters around with headphones in and black skullcap on – no smile or hint of emotion.) The man is just straight up intimidating. There’s one thing that advisory board isn’t going to change!
Born2Buzz
August 26th, 2010
4:20 pm
Maybe he said “I feel like I truly belong where I am right now.”
At least I hope that is what he said.
Getting fired up for 9/4/10.
ManUp...
August 26th, 2010
4:21 pm
That comment was made in reference to KJ’s remarks about player-student relations, ” it’s like students are scared of the athletes sometimes.” All I’m sayin’ is some of the more revered athletes put off a vibe that kinda says “yes, I will pick up this frat guy’s jeep and throw it at you if you try to ask me about this week’s game”
Bug Zapper
August 26th, 2010
4:34 pm
If he’s that good convert him in to a reciever who won,t drop the key pass!
ManUp...
August 26th, 2010
4:42 pm
Bug Zapper, zing! Wow, man, ya got us there. That’s actually the first time I’ve seen anyone make that joke. Just got me right there at the core. I respect you SO much now.
You know what’s crazy is that it almost feels like we’re nine days away from a new season and like that makes me care way less about what georgie fans think, say or do. Wonder why that is…
Yellow Fuzzy
August 26th, 2010
4:45 pm
It’s been longer than 4 hours. Should I really contact my physician?
Burdell
August 26th, 2010
4:50 pm
Looks like the kids are home from school now…
ManUp...
August 26th, 2010
4:56 pm
YF, is that how excited you get obsessing over all the little details published about Tech? Yeah, I’d say you need a doctor AND some kind of mental help. Wouldn’t want you roaming Sanford stadium in that condition this November when yall get to see the Jackets in the flesh…oh sorry, is that too steamy an expression for you? Get help soon.
Bulldogs Suck
August 26th, 2010
5:17 pm
Bulldogs are the most genetically defective breed of dogs. They should all be terminated!
jarvis
August 26th, 2010
5:27 pm
Says a bug that lives in a hole under the pinestraw in my back yard.
1Jacket7
August 26th, 2010
5:28 pm
I am concern with the best of them about spelling and grammar. But, this is a blog and we pay way to much attention to the grammatical error that pop up on these blogs. Take a chill people. It’s a blog not a novel. And even then the publishers miss something. Kyle Jackson, congrats on the selection. You and Roddy will do an exceptional job. That has been something that needs to improve for decades. Actually it has, but remember anyone that carries the responsibility that athletes carry will be held in high regard. That is why you are taught humility and modesty because the same people that cheer you will be the same that boo you if you fall. Not always, but it happens. Be the first person to reach out your hand and welcome them into your world. It is truly the best way to have the best college experience ever.
Yellow Fuzzy
August 26th, 2010
5:31 pm
I better do something about it now before Mistress gets home and makes me put on the spiked ring inside/out again.
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
5:35 pm
All Tech fans please head over to Bill Kings blog where you can get interesting info that has been blocked for the last 2 days here. I just posted the coded information to locate the important information.
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
5:36 pm
Question is, who’s doing the blocking? The NSA? The ajc? China?
dawgfansmakemelaugh
August 26th, 2010
5:45 pm
Twenty first!
And Chad — read it again. You misquoted.
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
5:49 pm
Keywords blocked might be Cooper Taylor’s recovery, and Georgia Tech’s #11 ranking.
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
5:52 pm
More key words, coded: knew yawk tymes collage futbawl, and asoshayted pres.
NOT a CIA operative
August 26th, 2010
6:01 pm
Delbert,
Be careful of what you type around here. The AJGustapo could be watching. Watch it, or you might get “accidentally” sho…guhhhhhh…!!
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
6:08 pm
I’m afraid that we may all be in danger as we get close to 9/04. Untold millions of dollars are at stake. I urge all of you not to reply directly to my posts.
NOT an NSS operative
August 26th, 2010
6:11 pm
Move along people, nothing to see here.
NOT an english major either
August 26th, 2010
6:20 pm
Yes, nothing to see here.
Chuck Finley is forever
August 26th, 2010
6:23 pm
Delbert, help me out! They are after me too!
Binary Encrypt in one part: 010110011101001100101001110101101000101010101
Encrypt key: Alpha Tango
Tokyo jacket
August 26th, 2010
6:25 pm
DD, hilarious!
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
6:28 pm
Affirmed. PGP public key. Back to deep cover.
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
6:29 pm
Tokyo – I wish I knew what is going on. Who does Doug Roberson have working with him? Who *is* Doug Roberson?
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
6:32 pm
Here is a new intercept from source knew yawk tymes. I had to leave out the kwotashun markes as they would surely be detected:
This is excerpted infomation from the highest level, indicating some distrubing plots that are under way. The source is a person embedded with the knew yawk tymes. The subject whose words were captured (1st paragraph) are those of Brian Kelly of nostradamus university.
We’ve talked to NBC about the way we like to play the game versus maybe how it was played in the past,” Kelly said, adding “I’m very confident that we’re going to be able to do the things we want to do in terms of pushing the tempo without having to go to a commercial break.
Will perennial powerhouses like Texas and Florida attempt to rework their contracts with their conferences and the networks to alter commercial lengths as they see fit for their schemes? Could they ask for shorter breaks on offense and longer breaks on defense?
Stumpknocker
August 26th, 2010
6:45 pm
Bulldog= eats…….craps……slobbers on everything……..stinks to the high heavens…….leg-humps at every opportunity…………what a perfect mascot for YewGA
Chuck Finley is forever
August 26th, 2010
6:50 pm
Crap, my mom just threw away the Fruit Loops box w/ my decoder ring in it! Advise! Advise!
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
6:53 pm
Delta is Charlie, Charlie is Cain.
superDawg
August 26th, 2010
7:07 pm
good word 30-24!
Chuck Finley is forever
August 26th, 2010
7:09 pm
Roger roger,
Delta Romeo India November Kilo Yankee Oscar Uniform Romeo Oscar Victor Alfa Lima Tango India Novmber Echo
Chuck Finley is forever
August 26th, 2010
7:18 pm
Delbert,
You were blocked on the bugs site earlier. I’m blocked on Kings, for nothing more than pointing out that Saban is more intense than Richt, and that filters down to their players.
Are we going back to the Cold War era here?
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
7:25 pm
Chuck – I don’t know. I’m not blocked on King’s site, but some posts don’t get through. Considering what is posted on these blogs, it would seem like certain key words would stop a post, but it is truly shocking what gets through. Saban and the New York Times should pass. Maybe they use some kind of AI engine when they are not monitoring.
Delbert D.
August 26th, 2010
7:27 pm
To: Chuck Re: Code msg last:
Manhattan
Dickle #12
Martini&Rossi, SV
Cherry
Angostura
OUT
GoDawgsGOOO
August 26th, 2010
7:53 pm
GT fans complain about how UGA opens up against a week opponent, and they’re right. All UGA does is open up against a week opponent, GT’s whole SCHEDULE is against week competition. If GT beats UGA this year, then start talking trash. Oh, one other thing, GT’s running back last year was a fatty and he wobbled when he walked. Just an observation.
michael
August 26th, 2010
8:21 pm
godawgsgooo away. dwyer was much better than moreno. the little boy with momma’s attitude.
Dr.Who
August 26th, 2010
10:09 pm
Obama’s brother-in-law will be the new GT basketball coach! Change you can believe in!
Dog kicker
August 26th, 2010
10:23 pm
The good word is always “TO HELL WITH GEORGIA”
Man only 8 more days!!!!!
Kyle...
August 27th, 2010
7:10 am
…Jackson said. “I feel students almost fear athletes, in a sense they are afraid to approach us” – well, yeah, with Nesbitt skulking around campus in his ‘hood cap’, looking like UGA thug, who wouldn’t be afraid? And, then, there’s that history of gang bangers just outside the hallowed gates of GIT, waiting to mug anyone who dares step into their lair, plus the players LOOK like the muggers (see the previous description of GIT’s best player – who wouldn’t be scared?
Burdell
August 27th, 2010
7:20 am
GoDawgsGOOO—Indeed most teams have a “week” schedule but this year we at one point have two “10 day” schedules due to a bye “week” and a Thursday night game at Lane Stadium. And are you saying that we should be better this year because AA doesn’t “wobble”? Too easy.
Damon Evans
August 27th, 2010
8:45 am
I salute Kyle Jackson with multiple martinis.
Reality
August 27th, 2010
10:26 am
@Kyle – It is obvious that you have never been on GA Tech’s campus and know very little about it at all. Otherwise, you would not call it “GIT.”
Reality
August 27th, 2010
10:26 am
UGA fans can now say, “We hit and run this State!” See Ealey’s arrest…
Junior Samples
August 27th, 2010
11:15 am
Reality,
That’s funny, need posters for game