He almost always flashes a smile — except when he’s pummeling a quarterback or some other unfortunate player on the opposing team.
But on Monday, NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah called 6-5, 265-pound University of Miami defensive end Joe Jackson “a bully,’’ noting “I mean that in the nicest way possible.’’
Jackson, who left UM after his junior year to declare for the NFL Draft, will be among six Hurricanes at this week’s NFL Scouting Combine, which runs Tuesday through next Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Some draft analysts have the gritty, sometimes scary on-field presence of gifted UM defensive tackle Gerald Willis going in the late first round or early second.