We continue our Seminole Madness tournament in the Defensive Playmakers bracket. You get one vote in the poll above that will stay open for 24 hours. You can also vote on Warchant's Twitter account (subscribers get two votes).
* Note: Whoever makes the best argument for a player will win a $25 eCard to Garnet & Gold (one winner per day). First 11 winners - Noleway85, BoNoles, JayColle, PlanoNole2, fsubuck, dougadee68, snapper-zapper, Noleway85, warchant99, seminoleken, islandchief
Here are the bios for this matchup:
No. 3 seed Derrick Brooks vs. No. 14 seed Dexter Jackson
Derrick Brooks signed with Florida State after being named the USA Today National Defensive Player of the Year in high school, and he certainly lived up to that billing. Brooks accomplished nearly everything a defensive player could at the college level, earning first-team All-ACC honors three times, consensus All-America honors twice, and he led the Seminoles to the 1993 national championship. During that campaign, he returned two interceptions for touchdowns, which is tied for a school record. Brooks went on to be a first-round pick of the Tampa Buccaneers and earned 11 Pro Bowl honors on his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Dexter Jackson signed with the Seminoles as a highly decorated quarterback but made the switch to defensive back early in his freshman year. As a sophomore in 1996, Jackson made a number of big plays and announced his arrival on the college level. In the third game of that season, Jackson blocked two punts in the same game -- in a 13-0 win against No. 11 North Carolina -- to tie a school record that he still shares today. In his first season as a full-time starting safety, Jackson finished his junior year fourth on the team with 81 tackles; he also broke up nine passes. After shining again as a senior, Jackson was drafted in the fourth round by Tampa Bay and won Super Bowl MVP honors following the 2002 NFL season.
* Note: Whoever makes the best argument for a player will win a $25 eCard to Garnet & Gold (one winner per day). First 11 winners - Noleway85, BoNoles, JayColle, PlanoNole2, fsubuck, dougadee68, snapper-zapper, Noleway85, warchant99, seminoleken, islandchief
Here are the bios for this matchup:
No. 3 seed Derrick Brooks vs. No. 14 seed Dexter Jackson
Derrick Brooks signed with Florida State after being named the USA Today National Defensive Player of the Year in high school, and he certainly lived up to that billing. Brooks accomplished nearly everything a defensive player could at the college level, earning first-team All-ACC honors three times, consensus All-America honors twice, and he led the Seminoles to the 1993 national championship. During that campaign, he returned two interceptions for touchdowns, which is tied for a school record. Brooks went on to be a first-round pick of the Tampa Buccaneers and earned 11 Pro Bowl honors on his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Dexter Jackson signed with the Seminoles as a highly decorated quarterback but made the switch to defensive back early in his freshman year. As a sophomore in 1996, Jackson made a number of big plays and announced his arrival on the college level. In the third game of that season, Jackson blocked two punts in the same game -- in a 13-0 win against No. 11 North Carolina -- to tie a school record that he still shares today. In his first season as a full-time starting safety, Jackson finished his junior year fourth on the team with 81 tackles; he also broke up nine passes. After shining again as a senior, Jackson was drafted in the fourth round by Tampa Bay and won Super Bowl MVP honors following the 2002 NFL season.
