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04/14/2012
Jackets Conclude Final Scrimmage Before Spring Game
Friday Night on the Flats, presented by PNC Bank, is shaping up to be quite an event
03/26/2012
Where There's A Will, There's A Way
Tech's Labor Day date with Virginia Tech is fueling spring practice.
02/16/2012
The Good Word
Issue No. 141, February 16, 2012
02/15/2012
Yellow Jackets Place Four On All-ACC Academic Football Team
Jackson, Lyons, Peters, Walls among ACC's top football scholar-athletes
12/29/2011
Hypnotic Challenge
Jackets hoping to 'zone out' Utah defensive tackle
Coming off an outstanding redshirt freshman season in which he was named Freshmen All-American by four sources, earned ACC All-Academic honors and helped Georgia Tech lead the nation in rushing offense... an athletic and aggressive player with good size... played on both the offensive and defensive line in high school... a good student who made the academic honor roll in high school, maintaining a 3.75 GPA.... made the ACC Academic Honor Roll for 2009-10... voted by teammates as "most likely to make a 4.0 GPA."
2010 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 12 games and started nine times... named first team Freshmen All-America by the Football Writers and Phil Steele... earned second team honors from Rivals... named to the ACC's All-Academic Team... battled nagging injuries throughout the season... did not play vs. Virginia (Oct. 9) and did not start at Kansas (Sept. 11), vs. Miami (Nov. 13) and vs. Duke (Nov. 20) because of injuries.
2009
Redshirted as a true freshman.
High School
Farragut High School... Scout.com 3-star recruit... the No. 8 guard in the nation (ESPN.com), No. 26 by Scout.com... a finalist for 5A linemen Mr. Football award as a
senior... first team 5A all-state in 2008... as a junior, earned first team all-state, all-county, all-region, all-city and All-East Tennessee honors... played in Tennessee's East-West All-Star Game and served as a team captain... coached by Eddie Courtney, earning four letters... led Farragut to a regional championship in 2007.
Personal
Chose Georgia Tech because of the education, the relationship with the coaches and players, the potential to play early and the ability to compete for championships... son of Steve and Janet Jackson... full name is William Patrick Jackson.. born August 13, 1990 in Athens, Ga... a left-hander... has two siblings, Thomas and Sarah... began playing football in the seventh grade... majoring in business administration.
