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Week 1
Travis
JACKSON

Lineman
2006-2009

Where are living now?
Grandview Heights

Did you play collegiately?
Michigan State University

What are you doing now?
I currently work for an IT Consulting company called Eight Eleven Group as the Director of Columbus Operations

Married?  Children?
My wife is Rachel Jackson (Seiffert). We graduated together in 2010!

What is the fondest memory from your playing career at DeSales?
I loved playing football at DeSales from our coaching staff to the guys I played with, I couldn’t have asked for a better group. If I had to pin a fondest memory, it was probably beating Watterson in the Regional Finals at Dublin Coffman my senior year. My most vivid memory was Coach Bahen making us do 350 up-downs, because we didn’t clean up under the bleachers one day during two-a-days. Still have nightmares about that.

What made playing for DeSales so special?
The People. Any experience is as good as the people around you. We had people that bought into something bigger than themselves. When you have that kind of selfless camaraderie, it makes the journey so special.

What was it like playing for Coach Wiggins?
Wiggs was great. There was not a better person I could have asked to play for. High School are such molding years and having him and the rest of the coaching staff as mentors was major in my development as a person.

What was your best game?
I actually remember more of the bad ones than I do the good ones. I think my best game was Cincinnati Anderson my Senior year. I remember we went down 28-3 in the first half and we had a coming-to-Jesus moment in the wrestling room. We ended up losing 28-25, but that started our run to making the State Championship that year.

Do you still follow DeSales, if yes, how closely?
I definitely do! I try to make it to a few games and follow closely on twitter. There is a lot of pride that comes with putting on that jersey and it is definitely something I will always remember.