Michael

Jackson

It’s a mild surprise after the Patriots traded Jackson earlier in camp. Clearly, it was a conditional pick contingent on Jackson making the team. The second-year fifth-rounder quickly developed a reputation for going toe to toe with N’Keal Harry, but the wideout had started getting the better of him of late. Jackson is only 23, but he is fast becoming a journeyman.

The trade came hours after the Lions announced they would cut Jackson, who played in just one game for Detroit in 2019. Jackson was drafted by Dallas in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL draft.

Jackson was taken in the fifth round of this year’s draft but evidently didn’t impress many in the organization this summer. Jackson has good size at 6'2/210 and blew up the Combine with insane measurables, including a 40.5-inch vertical and 10-foot-10 broad jump.

Jackson (6’1/210) was a two-year starter and four-year contributor in the Hurricanes’ secondary, tallying ten career pass breakups and four INTs and earning honorable mention All-ACC as a senior. Although Jackson’s college career was nondescript, he caught scouting attention by destroying the Combine for a 4.45 forty, 40 ½-inch vertical, and 10-foot-10 broad jump, good for top-eight SPARQ results among cornerbacks in Indy. Jackson looks the part as a plus-sized man-to-man corner, but his lack of college dominance is a big red flag considering his toolbox. He’s a college underachiever with NFL upside.