The first time Adoree’ Jackson saw Keegan Hall’s work, he was impressed by drawings of Seattle Seahawks Pro Bowler Richard Sherman and President Barack Obama.
Now the Thorpe Award winner finds himself in the company of those two cultural icons as the subject of a drawing of his own, alongside teammate JuJu Smith-Schuster.
When the opportunity arose to put something together with the artist, Jackson jumped on it with the game-for-anything mentality which has defined his athletics career.
“Shoot, I never had a portrait before. So I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m down.'”
Jackson and Smith-Schuster have been a pair since they committed to USC, so it seemed natural to undertake this project together.