Four-star quarterback
Tayven Jackson has been set on taking his official visits before making a commitment, and is now in the process of executing that plan. The Indiana passer has a top nine, and announced last week that his first official visit was set with
Tennessee for the June 11 weekend.
“They’re just a great program and I think with coach Heup (
Josh Heupel) and coach
(Joey) Halzle coming in, they are going to do big and great things,” Jackson said. “I can’t wait to watch them this coming year, see what they do, what plays they run and how they develop their players.
“All the coaches on the staff, we have a great relationship. We’re just trying to build that and see if Tennessee is the right fit for me.”
The official visit will be Jackson’s first visit to Tennessee’s Knoxville campus. A second official visit is also scheduled, but the status of that trip is tentative.
“I have
UCLA set, but they are kind of in a lockdown period and don’t know when they will be back up,” Jackson said.
If UCLA is able to host official visitors in June, Jackson has scheduled his visit for the weekend of June 25. It will be a return to a state and area with which he has a familiarity.
“Everyone in my family is from there and we visit there all the time,” Jackson said. “It’s like my second home. My dad is from there, so he loves being out there and showing me places where he went when he was a little kid.”
The other schools Jackson announced as his top nine last month are
Arizona State,
Arkansas,
Auburn,
Florida State,
Ole Miss,
Texas A&M and
Washington State. He has identified Arizona State, Florida State and Texas A&M as the likely destinations for his remaining three official visits, but has not set those dates yet.