Two touchdowns in bowl victory Jackson hauled in all four targets for 73 yards and two touchdowns during Thursday's 28-20 victory versus Syracuse. Impact Jackson accounted for two of the Golden Gophers' four touchdowns and all but one of the team's three offensive scores. The junior wideout went up and over a Syracuse defender for his first touchdown, hauling in a 20-yard pass by sixth-year senior Tanner Morgan, who stepped in after new starting quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis was forced out with a lower-body injury in the second quarter. Jackson then grabbed a screen pass near the line of scrimmage and followed his blockers 25 yards into the end zone for Minnesota's final score late in the third quarter. The 6-foot wideout finished his third season with a 37-557-5 stat line, pacing the Golden Gophers in both receiving yards and touchdowns. He should be primed for another prominent role alongside returning senior wideout Chris Autman-Bell (knee) when Kaliakmanis is presumably named the starting quarterback heading into 2023.
DECEMBER 30, 2022 • ROTOWIRE