CT native Jackson Mitchell picked UConn football five years ago. Now he's NFL prospect: 'Lasting impact' (Adamec @Hearst)

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-> "Seeing the way this program has grown since I was a freshman and seeing the improvement and where we have taken this program has really been exciting for me," Jackson said on Sunday. "I know where it was, and I know where it was when I got here as a freshman and where it's going to hopefully be when I leave here. It's definitely exciting, and it means a lot for sure." <-

-> For Mitchell, there's been no place like home.

"We have some guys who focus in and learn from him," Mora said. "He'll have a lasting impact on this program after he leaves because he's teaching the young guys how it's supposed to be done." <-

 

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From the Game Week thread:

In final season, Connecticut native Jackson Mitchell is committed to elevating UConn Football - University of Connecticut Athletics

It is for no particular reason, but perhaps by no accident, that inside UConn's Mark R. Shenkman Training Center, the 2022 Myrtle Beach Bowl banner hangs at the

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