{"id":276,"date":"2010-12-15T18:49:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T18:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/?p=276"},"modified":"2010-12-15T18:49:54","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T18:49:54","slug":"mayfield-has-a-top-sophomore-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"Mayfield has a top sophomore prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Jody Demling<\/p>\n

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There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a ton of talent across the state of Kentucky in the sophomore class.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the best prospect in the western portion of the state is Mayfield High School linebacker\/running back Johnathan Jackson.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot, 195-pound Jackson is already hearing from Kentucky, East Carolina and Oregon among several other schools.<\/p>\n

“He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a leader and as a sophomore that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happen very often,” Mayfield coach said. “We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had a lot of good players over the years at Mayfield. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s up there at the tops, if not the top.”<\/p>\n

Jackson ran for 71 yards and two touchdowns and had 8.5 tackles, including two sacks to help Mayfield to a 47-6 victory over Hazard recently in the Class A state title game.<\/p>\n

On the season, Jackson led the Cardinals in tackles and rushed for 1,356 yards and 17 TDs.<\/p>\n

While he excels on both sides of the ball, Jackson said he “likes defense better” and projects at the Division I level as a linebacker.<\/p>\n

Jackson said all the attention keeps him grounded.<\/p>\n

“It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of pressure,” Jackson said of the college attention. “I know I have to keep my head up always. You never know who is watching.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Jody Demling There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a ton of talent across the state of Kentucky in the sophomore class. Perhaps the best prospect in the western portion of the state is Mayfield High School linebacker\/running back Johnathan Jackson. The 6-foot, 195-pound Jackson is already hearing from Kentucky, East Carolina and Oregon among several other schools. “He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayfieldcardinals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}