Marquis Jackson keeps his football dreams alive

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Marquis Jackson’s journey with football has already brought him plenty of ups and downs.

He experienced the high of being signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent as well as the low of being cut from the team during training camp.

Now, the former College of the Canyons standout defensive lineman is playing with the Portland Thunder of the Arena Football League with the hopes of making it back to the bigger professional ranks.

It would seem that Marquis had found the perfect landing spot at Texas Southern, where he earned All-Southwestern Athletic Conference honors in 2010 and 2011. While with the Tigers, Jackson made 111 tackles, 13 sacks and forced five fumbles.

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