Tristan Jackson taking advantage of opportunity with Ottawa Redblacks
Last month, Tristan Jackson seriously wondered if he was done with football.
Released in December by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Jackson spent six months patiently waiting for another CFL club to call. He even took matters into his own hands, giving Ottawa Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell a shout but no contract was forthcoming.
That is until last month, when Ottawa added the five-foot-eight, 185-pound defensive back to its practice roster. On Wednesday night, Jackson thanked the Redblacks for the new lease on his football life with a 75-yard punt return that broke a 20-20 tie and led them to a 30-20 road win over the Toronto Argonauts.
“Scoring touchdowns and helping this team win, I need to do that,” Jackson said. “They brought me here, they believed in me.