PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson was about halfway through his Q&A session with the students at Boys' Latin Charter School in West Philly on Wednesday, and to that point had fielded only football-related questions. Knowing there were bigger issues at hand, he took it upon himself to change the direction of the conversation.
"Let's try to switch it a little bit," Jackson finally said to a group of about 150 high schoolers, who sat at rapt attention as Jackson spoke from the stage in a surprise appearance. "Let's go to everyday life, when you all leave from school, any obstacles you are all going through.