He was a 3-star recruit out of high school, a top-150 recruit, and yet he landed at UCA. As a true freshman at UCA he averages 9.8 ppg and shoots 50% from the field, and yet he leaves there and goes to a juco in Florida. He leads that team in scoring while they win the national championship, and yet the best offer he can get is in Little Rock. Here at LR he has a pretty good year after getting suspended for an unspecified issue.
Jalen Jackson's career has been one of unfulfilled potential. It is obvious that the ability is there. From the neck down he is an outstanding talent, but he is down to his last chance. On the positive side we hope he finally will put it all together and become the player he can; he would not be the first player who matured late in his career. On the other hand is the spectre of a locker-room headache for a first-year head coach, one who puts a crimp in whatever chance we might have had to be really good. I don't think Jalen is a make-or-break player for us this season (thankfully we are too deep for that), but an honest effort on his part would make things a lot easier.
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