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Lake Charles, Louisiana five-star defensive back Janzen Jackson has known in his heart for weeks that he wanted to be a Vol. Tuesday, Jackson gave the Vol coaches the final word that he was heading to Tennessee and he made it official with his mom present Thursday morning.

"Coach Kiffin and coach Orgeron were pumped," Jackson said. "I actually told them that Tennessee was where I wanted to be when I visited up there, but it's hard to leave home with all your family and friends."

The 6-foot-, 174 pound cornerback who is ranked second in the country said that plenty stood out when he was in Knoxville seeing things for the first time.

"I love the town, the players and the coaching staff," Jackson said. "They really blew me away on the visit up there especially when I saw the stadium. When you are inside the stadium there is really nothing to say but yes. How can you turn that down?"

While the stadium was a huge attraction at the end of the day the biggest reason the long time LSU commitment signed with Tennessee was 68-year old Monte Kiffin.

"Monte Kiffin was the difference," Jackson said. "I love Tennessee. I have known coach Orgeron for a while and I love him, but to realize that if you play defense at Tennessee then you are going to know what Monte Kiffin knows is special. He invented his own defense and has been so good for so long and now he is going to teach me what he knows. That was just too much to pass up."

Jackson's career goal is to be a football coach and his father, Lane Guidry, who is an assistant coach at Miami of Ohio said learning from the best made the most sense.

"Janzen is a coach's son. He wants to be a coach and when you put everything down on paper Tennessee was clearly the choice," Guidry said. "How could you turn down learning from the best and learning from a man who has helped so many guys get started in coaching like a Mike Tomlin who just won a super bowl. Because Janzen wants to coach, his best choice was Tennessee."

And for Jackson, it was a decision that he didn't want to have any regrets in making.

"I just felt in my heart that Tennessee was where I wanted to be and I didn't think I would happy if I didn't follow my heart."


These are actual quotes after Janzen signed his LOI.