After withdrawing from school in February to deal with undisclosed personal problems, Janzen Jackson, the former high school All American DB from Barbe High School in Lake Charles who had originally committed to LSU before switching to Tennessee on National Signing Day, is now enrolled for the second summer semester and will be back on the Volunteer Football Team this fall.
Jackson's two years on Rocky Top, well, has been rocky. In his short but turbulent time in Knoxville he has provent to be an incredible talent making the All SEC Freshmen Team and then making 2nd Team All SEC as a sophomore in which he also intercepted 5 passes. However, personal issues off the field seems to have been more challenging than covering lightening fast SEC Wide Recievers. As a Freshman he was suspended for one game under then Coach Lane Kiffin for violating team rules, and then was suspended for three more for being allegedly involved in a robbery with other Vol players at a Knoxville convenience store for which charges were later dropped. Then as a sophomore, he did not participate in UT's Music City Bowl practices or the game itself to deal with personal issues, and then withdrew from school in February to deal with the same personal issues according to Coach Derek Dooley.
The following link is an editorial from John Adams of the Knoxville News Sentinel about what Jackson must prove with his reinstatement: http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2011/jul/06/john-adams-yet-another-chance-janzen-jackson-payof/?partner=popular
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