Lions select S Dan Jackson in 7th round

Judas was making it rain.

UGA players discuss his NFL Combine snub….

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Great story. Walk on. Combine snub. 7th round pick.

And it looks like we just might have found our #3 safety.

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No scholarship for a 6th year guy that walked on and became a starter.

Wow, CFB in several ways more f*cked up than the NFL

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I heard on a podcast that Dirty Dan, not Malaki Starks, called out signals for the defense, so that says something about him. And his teammates sure had his back. They are going to have to work with him about legal hits in the pros though. Glad we got him.

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And…. Kirby Smart was a Safety himself…. at Georgia!

You would think that a walk-on player that not only won the starting job… but became a team captain… would got that scholarship.

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He had the silver to pay with.

:smiley:

Wow I didn’t know that he was a captain as well.

What little I know about him, he sure seems like our type

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Interesting…

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All while Jalen Carter is driving 170 mph…that is dedication.

Crazy to me…

The University of Georgia’s football program continues to solidify its status as one of the most valuable in college football. According to a recent study reported by The Wall Street Journal, Georgia ranks fourth in the nation with an estimated program value of $1.348 billion.

Can’t give the defensive captain free tuition? Good heavens something wrong with that.

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Dan Jackson will turn 25 during the season

I like the fact that we target older prospects later in the draft. We will have a cheap backup safety for 4 years until he turns 29 years of age

More mature I think , can contribute now as we need him on special teams and for depth

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I keep waiting for Holmes to draft a 42 year old linebacker from Canada but my phone never rings…I did get prank drafted by a Mixed Slowpitch League in the 3rd round. Motherfuckers. I didn’t actually go until round 7. I’m calling for that ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  job. Huge fine required. :joy: Round 3 picks got a complimentary hot dog. Bullshit

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I’m really hoping it was because he knew he could afford tuition and wanted the scholarship to go to someone else who couldn’t, to help the team.

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And maybe Coach Smart was just paying him in Amazon gift cards. Keep it off the books.

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Would explain why they can’t decelerate quickly. Testosterone production must be preserved.

In the SEC at least. A Big12 player could act differently. Isn’t that right, @Thats2?

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Dan got paid, pretty cool.

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Dan can shred? That is cool.

I will now call him Bill S. Preston, Esquire.

He has skyrocketed up my list of favorite Lions. Athens has a good music scene too. The article says he ā€œjams with his buddies and writes song with his band.ā€ I wonder what the name of his band is? The google machine is being stubborn about it.

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