Hokies Checking Out 7-Footer Jackson

Robbie Jackson was ready for those questions and the intense gazes that his game would surely invite this summer. After all, when you are listed in the program at 7’0”, you know your basketball skills are always going to get very close scrutiny.

Jackson also wanted to continue building upon the momentum that he started during his Junior season at Aberdeen (MD), in which he averaged 18 points, 17 rebounds and 9 blocks per game.

“I was really looking forward to playing this summer and I did start out kind of slow in July,” Jackson told TechSideline.com. “I wish I could have changed that some. I didn’t run the floor in the beginning as well as I wanted to, but at the end I feel like I ran the floor, rebounded the ball and blocked shots. That is what colleges wanted to see from me.”

That they did, and the fact that Jackson is a legitimate seven footer who checks in at a robust 265 pounds, invited very deliberate looks from a number of schools wanting to fill their post needs.

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