RB Respect Month Vol. 3, Day 13: Steven Jackson closes his Oregon State career in style (2003)
Jackson was a complete running back.
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Welcome to day 13 of Running Back Respect Month! Yesterday, Onterrio Smith came off the bench for Oregon and saved their 2001 Pac-10 Title dreams. Here's where we're at today, and how the rest of the month looks:
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Today: Steven Jackson vs. New Mexico (2003 Las Vegas Bowl)
RB Respect Month Vol. 3, Day 13: Steven Jackson closes his Oregon State career in style (2003)
On Christmas Eve 2003, Steven Jackson gave Oregon State fans one final gift before heading to the NFL. In his last game as a Beaver, Jackson amassed 200 total yards (149 rushing) and five touchdowns in OSU's 55-14 Las Vegas Bowl win over New Mexico. The gift for Jackson was that he got to end this part of his football journey where everything started:
Born and raised in Las Vegas, Steven Jackson is a local legend. He starred at Eldorado High School, running for 6,396 yards and 81 touchdowns. He was underrecruited, which led to him going to Oregon State. His subsequent success in Corvallis, and then the NFL, is what made made recruiters start taking Sin City/Nevada talent seriously. Half-a-century later, Vegas is stocked with high-level FBS players who disperse throughout the country every recruiting cycle. Jackson was the catalyst for that, and with good reason.
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He was built like a freight train, yet had the lateral movements of a smaller back. A 6-2, 230-pounder shouldn't be able to move like this:
While also possessing the power to run over defensive linemen:
