JACKSON, Mississippi -- As often as they can, the Jackson State defensive backs meet in one of their teammates’ dorm rooms to go over the defense.“We have a drawing board. We write plays up and make sure we go over it, because it’s a lot to learn,” safety Darreon Atkins said. “The spring, we have four weeks to learn an entire playbook.”
They’ve been given a playbook, about an inch thick, that includes packages and formations they’re expected to know by the season opener on Aug. 30 against Florida A&M. They know one mistake on the practice field will ignite a fury in defensive coordinator Derrick Burroughs.
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