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So what's the latest scoop on Branden Jackson? Is he possibly waiting to announce on NSD. Possibly waiting to announce with teammate Simmons?

247 site has no ranking for Jackson, but Scout has him at #156 (4 stars).

Jackson visited Oregon in early November but it appears he has not made any official visits anywhere since (one potential official visit remaining).

Rivals now shows Colorado in top four (with Oregon, Texas Tech and Pitt).

And Colorado is reported to be doing a last minute push.

And Jackson tweeted this morning "Uh huh u know wat it is.....BLACK & YELLOW !"

The Buffs are black & yellow.

WoodyDuck wrote:So what's the latest scoop on Branden Jackson? Is he possibly waiting to announce on NSD. Possibly waiting to announce with teammate Simmons?

247 site has no ranking for Jackson, but Scout has him at #156 (4 stars).

Jackson visited Oregon in early November but it appears he has not made any official visits anywhere since (one potential official visit remaining).

Rivals now shows Colorado in top four (with Oregon, Texas Tech and Pitt).

And Colorado is reported to be doing a last minute push.

And Jackson tweeted this morning "Uh huh u know wat it is.....BLACK & YELLOW !"

The Buffs are black & yellow.

But he's also from Pittsburgh and the Steelers just won the AFC so that's probably the meaning of that. As for recruiting, the main question mark for him and Simmons will be grades.

Dude, the kid lives in Pittsburgh. What other team can you think of that is also located in Pittsburgh........that also has the colors black and yellow.....that might also be playing in the Super Bowl.......hmmmmmmmm?

GoDuckYourself wrote:Dude, the kid lives in Pittsburgh. What other team can you think of that is also located in Pittsburgh........that also has the colors black and yellow.....that might also be playing in the Super Bowl.......hmmmmmmmm?

The Penguins DUH!

karlhungis wrote:

GoDuckYourself wrote:Dude, the kid lives in Pittsburgh. What other team can you think of that is also located in Pittsburgh........that also has the colors black and yellow.....that might also be playing in the Super Bowl.......hmmmmmmmm?

The Penguins DUH!

I was thinking the Pirates.

WoodyDuck wrote:So what's the latest scoop on Branden Jackson? Is he possibly waiting to announce on NSD. Possibly waiting to announce with teammate Simmons?

247 site has no ranking for Jackson, but Scout has him at #156 (4 stars).

Jackson visited Oregon in early November but it appears he has not made any official visits anywhere since (one potential official visit remaining).

Rivals now shows Colorado in top four (with Oregon, Texas Tech and Pitt).

And Colorado is reported to be doing a last minute push.

And Jackson tweeted this morning "Uh huh u know wat it is.....BLACK & YELLOW !"

The Buffs are black & yellow.

Colorado's colors are silver and gold with a black as an unofficial anyway

With Koa Ka'ai on board, I'm not sure that I really want Jackson. The guy is extremely talented, but I don't think he'll qualify. My guess is that he ends up at Texas Tech, due to his grades and test scores.

I'm hoping for Heyward and Byers. Simmons would be a bonus, but I prefer Heyward, due to Simmons' questionable grades.

uostudent wrote:With Koa Ka'ai on board, I'm not sure that I really want Jackson. The guy is extremely talented, but I don't think he'll qualify. My guess is that he ends up at Texas Tech, due to his grades and test scores.

I'm hoping for Heyward and Byers. Simmons would be a bonus, but I prefer Heyward, due to Simmons' questionable grades.

Jackson and Kai are being looked at for different roles.

It's my understanding that Lake is strictly a DE. at 6'4, 250 and 18 yrs old, he's going to be a stout D-Lineman.

BJax is being recruited to be our Rush Backer/DE Hybrid (Kenny Rowe's position.)

Both are talented and would be HUGE gets for 2 different positions. The coaches know what his grades look like and what his chances of getting in are. If he's on the edge, they'll compensate by overbooking (if possible -- cross your fingers!)

Worst case scenario, he's simply another factor pulling Simmons here.

If BJax can't qualify and we ditch him we burn that bridge. If he can't qualify and we do all we can, he's potentially a very valuable recruit in 2 years from now out of JC...

So I'm going to have to respectfully disagree.

glazeduck wrote:So I'm going to have to respectfully disagree.

^^^^ +1

justducky0 wrote:Colorado's colors are silver and gold with a black as an unofficial anyway

Appreciate the correction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Buffaloes#Colors

http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml ... LID=920540

WoodyDuck wrote:So what's the latest scoop on Branden Jackson? Is he possibly waiting to announce on NSD. Possibly waiting to announce with teammate Simmons?

247 site has no ranking for Jackson, but Scout has him at #156 (4 stars).

Jackson visited Oregon in early November but it appears he has not made any official visits anywhere since (one potential official visit remaining).

Rivals now shows Colorado in top four (with Oregon, Texas Tech and Pitt).

And Colorado is reported to be doing a last minute push.

And Jackson tweeted this morning "Uh huh u know wat it is.....BLACK & YELLOW !"

The Buffs are black & yellow.

The Ducks are black & yellow some weeks

Just saw that Jackson has a top 2, but since it's a headline on a paysite I can't tell which 2.

Lol...plus, it's from a song.