Know the Name: Why Landon Jackson is 'a hero to little kids' across East Texas

Texarkana Pleasant Grove's Landon Jackson is one of the best football players in the country. The LSU commit uses his platform to spread awareness of Alopecia, hoping to one day do for kids what Ryan Shazier and Charlie Villanueva did for him.
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There are few players in Texas high school football that stand out as much as Texarkana Pleasant Grove’s Landon Jackson.

At 6-foot-6 and 257 pounds, he’s as imposing and intimidating a figure as you’ll see on Friday nights, with a game to match.

The 2020 Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Preseason Super Team First-Team defensive lineman is, in essence, the total package.

But being the most recognizable amongst his peers wasn’t something Jackson wanted growing up. In fact, all he ever yearned for was to be like everyone else.

It just wasn’t meant to be.

“I was 4 or 5 and all my hair just started combing away,” Jackson said.