2. Another Big Smooth.
Not long after news broke of the trade between the Seahawks and Raiders, Seattle sports fans started to notice that Jackson's twitter handled was @bigsmooth61. That was noteworthy, of course, because Seattle sports fans have already cheered for one "Big Smooth," former NBA forward Sam Perkins, who played for the Sonics from 1992-1998.
Jackson said he saw comments on Twitter about Perkins not long after the trade went down, and while he hopes to become a Seattle fan favorite in his own right, he acknowledged that his jumper might need work to live up to the nickname.
As for how Jackson came to be known as "Big Smooth," that involved a visit to Mississippi State prior to his freshman year of college, and a defensive tackle named Kyle Love, who would go on to have a 10-year NFL career.
"I was dressed up, had a Kangol on, and one of the upperclassmen (Love), he saw me in my dorm," Jackson said. "I went to the room, was just chilling, and I heard someone knocking going, 'Big Smooth, Big Smooth, open the door.' I'm like, 'What? I guess they've got the wrong room.' So later on in the day, I saw him and he was like, 'Man, why didn't you open the door?' And I was like, 'I guess I'm big smooth then.' Everybody just started calling me that I guess because of the way I dressed."
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