Following the tragic death of former Oregon Duck football star and Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson, the Vikings are taking steps to honor Jackson in the upcoming season.
’s locker at the Vikings facility will go unused this season in his remembrance. The Vikings will also wear helmet decals with his initials “KJ” and his number 31 will also not be used this season. Staff will receive pins to wear and there will be some stenciling on the practice fields to honor him too.
"You felt Jackson had such a laser focus on what his mission and what his plan was," O'Connell said. "It really showed up in the spring. He had a very, very good spring and was really looking forward to coming back to training camp and being well on his way and on that path to having a big impact on our team for this year. Just some of my personal dialogue with him and the work he was putting in throughout the summer, you just knew he was going to come back and do that.
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