Tom Brady is looking forward to having former Oregon State Beavers running back Steven Jackson in the backfield for the New England Patriots.
"I've always watched from afar and seen how tremendous of a player he is, what kind of a professional he is, so it's great to have players like that," the quarterback said Thursday. "Hopefully, he can add a lot to our team and we'll see, obviously how things pan out. But he's come in here and worked hard."
Jackson was working out at home in Las Vegas when the Patriots called earlier this week and gave him his early "Christmas gift," as he called it.