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It’s such a great, great thing when you can hold the leader accountable. He holds people around him accountable, and we hold him accountable. “I mean, he’s like another coach on the field. “The one thing about Donovan is that he’s such a great communicator,” Leisz said. It’s the lineman on the headset with his offensive coordinator between series, leading his team. It shows when he’s making adjustments called to the field from the press box. He prefers English among his school subjects because he finds it easy to put thoughts into words. That’s one of the reasons he’s become the leader he is for the Knights. He’s told me: ‘Every time I go on the field I want to replace me with a better me.'” Walker called Donovan over to work out with him, so they’re working out, they are spending time on the smallest little details. He’s one of the top tackles in the country, and was working with Pete Alexander. Last week Walker Little, one of our alums and a top NFL prospect at Stanford, was in town.

According to his father Todd, his son was identifying coverages and defensive alignments when he was a 6-year-old watching his dad play Madden football video games, and that’s carried over to his role now. “He just he wants to be great, and he wants to learn because he loves football,” Leisz said. But what makes Jackson so rare, such a safe bet to excel at the next level and beyond, is his intelligence and his passion for the game. He has long arms that make him a devastating blocker against the run or the pass. He’s solidly built at 6-foot-4 and almost 310 pounds. It’s one thing to have the frame to be a college football star, and Donovan Jackson certainly has that.

(Birm/Lettermen Row) ‘I want to replace me with a better me’ Ohio State commit Donovan Jackson prides himself on his ability to dominate opponents.