2017–2018
Jai Jackson
Jai-Albert Jackson started playing at university with the Hurricanes, after a friend took him to a training session, and was the team’s Defensive MVP in 2017–18. He went on to play for the London Blitz, reaching the Britbowl final, captained the Hertfordshire Cheetahs’ defence and joined the Stuttgart Surge in the European League of Football in 2021. In 2022 he was one of five British players sent from the CFL-UK Combine to the Canadian Football League’s combine in Toronto, was selected for the NFL International Combine for the second time, and played for Great Britain against Italy at the European Championships; he was in the Great Britain squad again in June 2023.
Honours
- Great Britain v Italy, European Championships, 30 October 2022
- Great Britain men’s squad, June 2023
Other honours
- 2017–18 — Hurricanes Defensive MVP
Sources (7)
- BAFA, "GB programme has boosted my NFL dream" (5 Oct 2022)
- American Football International, "NFL International London Combine invites defensive players" (12 Oct 2021)
- American Football International, "NFL International Combine invites European defenders" (27 Sept 2022)
- BAFA, CFL-UK Combine press release (Mar 2022)
- BAFA, "Five Britballers selected for NFL International Combine" (Sept 2022)
- BAFA, "Great Britain men take on Italy in Euros" (Oct 2022)
- BAFA, "Scott announces men's GB squad" (June 2023)