COLUMBIA - After an 8-2 regular season in 2007, the Mansfield (Texas) Tigers were hoping for a nice first-round playoff game, possibly a team with a mediocre record that had barely qualified for the playoffs. Current Missouri safety Kenji Jackson and six other three-year starters had led the team to its first playoff appearance since 2000, and the Tigers were hoping to continue their senior year for weeks into the playoffs.
Who was Kenji Jackson before he was a Tiger?
Thursday, October 1, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT;
updated 4:59 p.m. CDT, Thursday, October 1, 2009
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