Football: Layton RB Jackson awaits first offer
LaVaughn Jackson is as puzzled as everybody else.
The Layton High running back was one of the best football players in the state last year as a junior, and returned the opening kickoff of the Class 5A championship game back for a touchdown against Alta.
Recently, the 5-foot-10, 190-pound rising senior was named the Most Valuable Player at the Nike Training Camp at BYU on Saturday.
Yet, Jackson does not have a single college scholarship offer yet.
He's hoping to change that this weekend when he participates in the All Poly Camp at Bountiful High with a bunch of his Layton High teammates. Tight end Thomas Bryson and running back Carl Williams also appear to have some college potential.
"I have no offers yet, and I don't know why for sure," Jackson said after posting the highest score at the combine portion of the Nike affair at Murray Park last Friday. "They all kind of say they have to wait a little bit to talk to me."
By looks alone, Jackson would be a five-star recruit. It is obvious that the young man has spent some time in the weight room.
Jackson said he has talked to coaches at Utah State and BYU, and that one of Utah's assistant coaches visited Layton last month and talked to head coach Jim Batchelor about him and the others.
Some out-of-state schools have sent a few letters.
But that's it.
"I guess I need to get my name out there a little bit more," he said.
Jackson said he was timed at 4.65 seconds in the 40 at the combine, but that was on grass and none of the times were all that good. He says he has been clocked at 4.5 before.
Jackson said he is "improving" in the class room.
"I have struggled a little bit" in the past, he said. "But I am coming up to my senior year and that has opened my eyes a little bit. I'm going to do better."
The Layton High running back was one of the best football players in the state last year as a junior, and returned the opening kickoff of the Class 5A championship game back for a touchdown against Alta.
Recently, the 5-foot-10, 190-pound rising senior was named the Most Valuable Player at the Nike Training Camp at BYU on Saturday.
Yet, Jackson does not have a single college scholarship offer yet.
He's hoping to change that this weekend when he participates in the All Poly Camp at Bountiful High with a bunch of his Layton High teammates. Tight end Thomas Bryson and running back Carl Williams also appear to have some college potential.
"I have no offers yet, and I don't know why for sure," Jackson said after posting the highest score at the combine portion of the Nike affair at Murray Park last Friday. "They all kind of say they have to wait a little bit to talk to me."
By looks alone, Jackson would be a five-star recruit. It is obvious that the young man has spent some time in the weight room.
Jackson said he has talked to coaches at Utah State and BYU, and that one of Utah's assistant coaches visited Layton last month and talked to head coach Jim Batchelor about him and the others.
Some out-of-state schools have sent a few letters.
But that's it.
"I guess I need to get my name out there a little bit more," he said.
Jackson said he was timed at 4.65 seconds in the 40 at the combine, but that was on grass and none of the times were all that good. He says he has been clocked at 4.5 before.
Jackson said he is "improving" in the class room.
"I have struggled a little bit" in the past, he said. "But I am coming up to my senior year and that has opened my eyes a little bit. I'm going to do better."
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