Jacksonville Jaguars' ‘Food Take Tonn' opinions on Thanksgiving may leave you speechless

Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Anton Harrison has never had a wrong food take.

Well, that's how he feels, at least. The 315-pounder opened up about his food takes during training camp and even took his opinions international, releasing a YouTube video reviewing London food when the team played two games overseas earlier this year.

His like for food is rooted in his fondness of cooking. He said he likes to cook for his friends and share his food opinions with them, some of which are heavily disagreed with.

"They all hate on Twizzlers," Harrison told the Times-Union in a recent interview. "That's my favorite candy. It started off there and then I actually did it two times in college. I did like, two food takes, and they killed me."

But the backlash he received didn't deter him and " Food Take Tonn " was born.

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The holiday season brings back sentimental memories for Harrison. He reflects on his high school years as the best years of celebrating Thanksgiving.

The time spent with his family members, eating food, hanging out at the dinner table, watching football games.

And it's another point of origin for his enjoyment of cooking and food takes.

"Growing up, everybody came to my house," he said. "My mother was the one that cooked. That's kind of where I got it from. Her [and] my grandmother."

Thanksgivings in present day are a bit more intimate. Most of his immediate family comes to his house in Jacksonville. But he still leaves the cooking to his mother while helping out here and there.

"I'm like, 'You the vet,'" he said while laughing, noting that he's at the Jaguars ' facility most Thanksgiving days. "She likes to do that, take over. I let her do that and then I just enjoy the food."

Harrison may be on the right team if he wants to continue to enjoy Thanksgivings with his family — the Jaguars are the only NFL team to have never played on Thanksgiving.

Harrison, 22, was the 28th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, out of Oklahoma, but he's from the Washington, D.C. area.

The second-year player has become somewhat of a food expert during the early part of his career.

Harrison's Thanksgiving takes are pretty tame compared to some of his other food opinions, though.

He's very sopecific in how how enjoys his food.

While Harrison enjoys the traditional spread of ham, mac and cheese, pasta salad, barbecue meatballs, greens,none of his food can come in contact with each other on the plate.

"My food cannot mix," he emphatically said. "The only thing, maybe, is the yams and mac and cheese. But if I got to get three plates, I'm gonna get three plates."

Oh, then there's his feelings on stuffing, saying: "You could take that off Thanksgiving. I ain't gonna eat no stuffing."

For dessert, Harrison enjoys sweet potato pie and apple pie, especially if it comes with a serving of ice cream.

Thanksgiving is a time for fellowshipping. Everyone has a dream group of people they'd invite to a dinner party. For Harrison, his group includes a good mix of comedy and a lot of star power.

He'd invite former teammate Darryl Williams , who he used to have many conversations about his food takes with when he was on the team. He'd also invite internet comedian Druski , a person who could keep the jokes going and entertain the group.

He'd invite basketball player Kevin Durant, who'd spark arguments and he's Harrison's favorite basketball player. Rounding out the group he'd invite Mike Tyson or Floyd Mayweather Jr.

With Harrison's dinner party set, he'd stick to a traditional menu. But he isn't opposed to adding on other of dishes. He said his family has included fried chicken or pot roast in the past.

"I feel like it's things you can add, but I wouldn't say nothing you really have to change," Harrison said. "Because I feel like if you change, it's not really like [Thanksgiving].

As for his strongest take related to the holiday, it's something his teammates have already learned.

"You got to have a cup of eggnog on Thanksgiving. Lot of people hate eggnog. I even bring it in the offensive line room," Harrison said. "I'll get me a little carton of eggnog and drink that. That's my take right there, eggnog needs to be drank on Thanksgiving."

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Jaguars Anton Harrison: 'Food Take Tonn' vs. Thanksgiving