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Will Jackson

School
Georgia Tech
Position
Offensive Line
Major
Business Administration

Classroom

Jackson graduated in the spring of 2012 with a degree in business administration and is currently in graduate school pursuing an MBA. He earned a cumulative GPA of 3.58/4.00. He made the Dean’s List six times as an undergraduate, earned Faculty Honors in the fall of 2011 and was a three-time Academic All-ACC selection.  He served on the Georgia Tech Student-Athlete Advisory Board in 2012-13

Character

Head coach Paul Johnson on Jackson:

“Will is an ideal student-athlete. He excels on the football field, in the classroom, and he’s a great representative of the school and the community. He will succeed in whatever he decides to do after school.”

Community

Jackson has been involved with Special Olympics, the FCA/Chick-fil-A Boys & Girls Club Camp, the Boys & Girls Clubs and in the Atlanta community through food banks.

Competition

A fifth-year veteran offensive lineman who can play guard or tackle Jackson has played in 35 career games with 29 starts. He has started at least seven games each of the past three seasons.