Perhaps Lamar Jackson will someday look back on October of 2018 and decide that it represents some kind of turning point in his football career.
One thing is certain: The junior Nebraska cornerback is hitting the end of the month much differently than he began it.
Jackson was benched Sept. 29 against Purdue. In the middle of the next week, secondary coach Travis Fisher said Jackson wasn’t fighting the demotion. Jackson didn’t start against Wisconsin on Oct. 6.
But here we are, in the last full week of the month, and Jackson is coming off maybe the two best games of his career and sporting a brand new practice jersey that was hanging in his locker Tuesday morning.