In his press conference at Rice before the draft, Dean Jackson briefly mentioned his history with other sports. Now, the new Tijuana Luchadore goes into more detail on the subject.
“As I’ve said, soccer was the first sport that I played, back when I was six. As is the case with most youth sports, my parents signed me up for it. Now, young me didn’t care much for soccer and would rather be somewhere else, so I spent more time in a casually walking after the ball than I did running after it. Eventually I got moved to goalie where I did okay, but I still didn’t like the sport. I moved on to baseball, which I excelled at. I was the second-baseman and a huge hitter. I bombed that thing nearly every-time it came into the batter’s box. We had some other really good guys on my team, so we actually won the State youth tournament 4 of my 5 years in the sport, and went on to win the regional youth tournament twice. Everyone always said I had a lot of potential in baseball, but like, come on... there’s nothing wrong with encouraging your kid if they’re good at something, but it’s youth baseball. Sure I was good, but a lot changes once you and all the other players hit puberty. ... That came out wrong, but you get the gist. But yeah, after that it was nothing for a little while, then pretty much just football... OH! Actually, no! I also played tennis for a year in middle school. Good times...”
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“As I’ve said, soccer was the first sport that I played, back when I was six. As is the case with most youth sports, my parents signed me up for it. Now, young me didn’t care much for soccer and would rather be somewhere else, so I spent more time in a casually walking after the ball than I did running after it. Eventually I got moved to goalie where I did okay, but I still didn’t like the sport. I moved on to baseball, which I excelled at. I was the second-baseman and a huge hitter. I bombed that thing nearly every-time it came into the batter’s box. We had some other really good guys on my team, so we actually won the State youth tournament 4 of my 5 years in the sport, and went on to win the regional youth tournament twice. Everyone always said I had a lot of potential in baseball, but like, come on... there’s nothing wrong with encouraging your kid if they’re good at something, but it’s youth baseball. Sure I was good, but a lot changes once you and all the other players hit puberty. ... That came out wrong, but you get the gist. But yeah, after that it was nothing for a little while, then pretty much just football... OH! Actually, no! I also played tennis for a year in middle school. Good times...”
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