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JACKSON OUT OF ACTION IN TAMPA
Published 5/3/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
After only one day of minicamp with the Bucs, former Appalachian State receiver Dexter Jackson missed practice, and will be sidelined until the middle of the month.“ He’s not 100 percent ready ,” said coach Jon Gruden.  “He’ll be 100 percent when we return on May 16.  We had a 60-play walk-thru this morning and he took the majority of those reps.  He’ll be fine and ready to go when we resume practice later this month.” So what happened?  “I don’t want to talk about it,” Gruden said.  “It’s nothing serious.  He’s kind of embarrassed about it and I’m going to leave it at that.” ...

Rookie Minicamp Summary
Published 5/3/2008 by Scott at Bucstats.com weblog
... of the rookie minicamp on Saturday after showing very little on Friday. From what I understand, Jackson looked relatively slow compared to his reputation and was in obvious poor condition. Did I mention that Jackson was the only receiver the Bucs drafted? Jon Gruden implied he was held out for a medical reason. Then he got grouchy. ...