Ron Swanson
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Savion Jackson, Clayton, Strong-Side Defensive End
Savion Jackson - Hudl
Jackson is seeing more and more attention as he recently tripped to Alabama. He plans on visiting Tennessee for an upcoming Junior Day as Brian Niedermeyer has done a good job of establishing a nice relationship early on. His size and athleticism has coaches from all conferences calling and he appears to be just what Tennessee is looking for from the end position.
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Jackson released a top ten of Alabama, Tennessee, Louisville, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio State, Clemson, Penn State, Virginia Tech, and N.C. State back in October but it seems like N.C. State, North Carolina, and South Carolina are the clear frontrunners for him right now. All three are locks to make Jacksons next short list and to receive official visits. Tennessee could be a major threat here depending on what Jackson thinks of how the season begins for the Vols but, as of now, its hard to see Jackson ending up anywhere other than N.C. State.
There was a video interview and he likes NCSU A LOT. He's visited there over 10 times. Talked a good bit about UNC and USC as well. Sounds like those 3 and Tennessee are likely his top 4.
What made it a weird train of thought to me was that UT now has an all-round great coaching staff that would blow NCSU's out the water. Yeah, UT had it's worst season ever in last year. However, that was with the previous regime and almost every coach on our staff has coached in a title game. Then you have NCSU that is usually a 7-6 or 8-5 team at best and usually doesn't go above .500 in the ACC.
I get the wait and see approach, but expect a different program like Clemson or FSU than NCSU. Great engineering program, though. Maybe he is wanting to do that.
Clayton is a robust 20 minute trip to NC States campus. Proximity is probably high on the list of things hes looking for.What made it a weird train of thought to me was that UT now has an all-round great coaching staff that would blow NCSU's out the water. Yeah, UT had it's worst season ever in last year. However, that was with the previous regime and almost every coach on our staff has coached in a title game. Then you have NCSU that is usually a 7-6 or 8-5 team at best and usually doesn't go above .500 in the ACC.
I get the wait and see approach, but expect a different program like Clemson or FSU than NCSU. Great engineering program, though. Maybe he is wanting to do that.