He was medically disqualified at South Carolina. He says he’s coming back in JUCO
A sickle cell trait ended Tavyn Jackson’s career at South Carolina before the 2018 season.
Since then, he’s tweeted he plans to come back, once tweeted he committed to a junior college and on Sunday tweeted he’d again signed with a two year school.
Jackson, a corner and safety from Florida, wrote he’ll be going to Coffeyville Community College in the fall. That’s the same school that produced Gamecocks started defensive backs Jamarcus King and Steven Montac.
Early in his career, Will Muschamp has spoken about Jackson as a player who could have potentially contributed, but a nagging hamstring forced him to redshirt as a true freshman in 2017. Back in August, it was assumed he was giving up football and would have the rest of his education paid for.
“Based on how it was explained to me, you have certain percentages of the sickle cell trait, and unfortunately his is very high,” Muschamp said when he announced the disqualification. “After meeting with his family, Dr. (Jeff) Guy, Clint Haggard, our medical staff, to hear all of the different avenues we traveled down as far as seeing experts to try to find a solution to help Tavyn, this was the best answer. It was very unfortunate.”
In January, news came out Jackson put his name in the NCAA transfer portal. Players who are medically disqualified can go to other schools and play assuming they pass all the needed physicals.
The 5-foot-9, 185-pound Florida product was a 2017 three-star recruit out of high school with strong coverage skills. As a senior, he had 76 tackles and four interceptions and was an all-state pick
