Jayden Jackson's injury impact for Tennessee
Joe DeLeone and Ryan Roberts break down Jayden Jackson's injury, what it means for Tennessee's defensive line, and the impact heading into the 2026 season.
Video Transcript
Look at Jayden Jackson in the beginning of the year last year before he got injured.
I, I mean, top 32 player, like no doubt in my mind.
The problem is, is after he was injured, he was clearly compromised.
So you have more th- it's almost like the John Matuszak conversation again from our Oklahoma video, Joe, where it's like before injury, man, you think you got something there, right?
And then after injury it's just, it's not the same, right?
So I am, I'm still very high and I'm bullish on Jayden Jackson because I expect if he's healthy to start the year, that he is gonna look more like that pre-injured Jayden Jackson that I saw a year ago.
The injured version was still a functionally good football player, can work the point of attack, is explosive for his size, like dense, like all those things.
It's cool.
But I really do think that there's a lot of untapped potential there as like a play-making nose, a guy that can make some plays and create some negatives.
I think that there's a lot there.
It's just there's two realities to Jayden Jackson right now where I thought I saw the player like a- absolutely last season early on, but then I think that he was just a different player down the stretch.
So I'm hoping that he returns back to that pre-injury form that I saw last year
