BEREA, OHIO • If Darius Jackson never plays a down in the NFL, he always has the story of when the big man himself, Jerry Jones, offered words of encouragement in the Dallas locker room
"Mr. Jones came by and just put his arm around me and told me just to keep working," said Jackson, the running back from Sparta (Ill.) High. "He was proud that I was where I was at. I thought that meant I was suiting up that week, so I got kinda hyped up."
That was around Week 5, when the Cowboys were preparing for Cincinnati.