USC freshman defensive end Drake Jackson seen as a ‘first-round talent’
LA TimesDrake Jackson has only been on the USC campus for three months, but his startling performance during six weeks of spring football already has some talking about his departure. “He’s a first-round talent, and I wouldn’t be shocked if he leaves in three years,” USC sophomore linebacker Palaie Gaoteote IV said. I think he’s a three-and-out guy for sure.” Jackson, a 6-foot-4, 275-pound defensive end, has been one of the biggest stories of the spring. “He taught me the playbook.” The hope for USC, which lost six starters from last year’s defense, is that the youthful infusion of energy will make up for the lack of experience. “This year,” Jackson said, “we’re going to make the offenses feel it.” Sign up for our daily sports newsletter » Trojan passing Pete Adams, an All-American offensive tackle on USC’s 1972 national championship team whose scruffy dog served as squad’s popular mascot, died April 6 in Leucadia, Calif., of natural causes.
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