TAMPA — There are a lot of layers to DeSean Jackson. First, look at him. He's 5 feet 10 (maybe) and 170 pounds of muscle, tattoos and heart.
Pops was the first to imagine DeSean as an NFL player. That was the plan from the time he was born. Pops is what they call DeSean's father, Bill, a bus driver who moved his family from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles six years before DeSean was born. He's the reason DeSean is running from defensive backs and not trouble.
From the time DeSean was 8 years old and playing for two youth-league football teams, he was being videotaped every day by his brother, Byron, who is 18 years older.