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2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Tyler Jackson, LB, Northern Illinois University

2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Tyler Jackson, LB, Northern Illinois University
2024 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: Tyler Jackson the physical linebacker from Northern Illinois University recently sat down with NFL Draft DIamonds owner Damond Talbot.
  • Name: Tyler Jackson
  • Position: Inside Linebacker 
  • College: Northern Illinois University 
  • Height: 6’1″
  • Weight: 228 LBS
  • Twitter: @TylerJack7_
  • Instagram: @tj.jack7

What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2024 NFL Draft

I bring a great amount of experience to the table with the ability to help bring any type of missing component to helping within the box of any defense or scheme. Also, my ability to adapt to any circumstances.

At what age were you first interested in the sport of football?

I started playing football at the age of 5 flag football and it stuck with me ever since.

What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?

I am a hardnose downhill football player with excellent leadership skills but also able to adapt and become a sponge to absorb information that will better me as a player and person.

If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be? 

Help donate to understanding the causes and effects of Parkinson’s/Huntington’s disease and how to cure it & stop it completely 

What is the best advice you have ever received? 

Learn to always be Coachable and learn when it’s time to shut up and listen

Who was your childhood hero? 

My Mom

Who is the most underrated teammate in your locker room at your school? 

Quinn Urwiler, nobody comes in every single day and works as hard as he does, period point blank!

What is your biggest pet peeve? 

Feet

Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome? 

Losing my mother and still being able to find the ability to continue playing football.

Tell me something about your school and why it is so special to you?

NIU saw me in the portal, understood that I had one year of eligibility left, and gave me the opportunity to come in and join a tightknit group of ball players so that I could get my dream opportunity of being able to play in the league one day and also play on the big stage as well 

What is your favorite snack food? 

Pop Corn

What is the best part of football? 

Developing a forever brotherhood and being able to play the game without having to worry about anything else I have going on in my life for 60 minutes

If you could sell yourself in one sentence what would you say? 

An aggressive downhill linebacker with adaptable qualities that allows me to jell within a defensive system.

If you could compare your play to one player in the NFL who would it be? 

Bobby Wagner

If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why? 

  1. Mom- Just to be able to sit down and talk with her again
  2. God- To ask what is my true purpose in life
  3. Shaq- How to make sure I maximize my opportunities while in the league to ensure generational wealth as he did

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