{"id":55917,"date":"2025-08-09T02:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55917\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T02:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:14:07","slug":"syracuse-orange-footballs-jackson-meeks-shows-star-potential-in-nfl-preseason-for-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55917\/","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse Orange football\u2019s Jackson Meeks shows star potential in NFL preseason for Detroit Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the time of year when unheralded players have to make plays to have a shot at making an NFL roster.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson Meeks took that message to heart.<\/p>\n<p>The former Syracuse wide receiver is now with the Detroit Lions in the preseason, and he had a huge night Friday against the Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>Meeks caught three passes for 78 yards and a touchdown. That included a 68-yarder.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/ncaa-football\/news\/colorado-buffaloes-football-legend-shedeur-sanders-nfl-draft-slide-browns-mistake\/bd52db89765c1f9e41a7092e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shedeur Sanders shows his NFL Draft slide might&#8217;ve been a mistake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The long catch was just a matter of Meeks beating the defense down the field and running under a nice toss from Kyle Allen:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JACKSON MEEKS FOR 68<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DETvsATL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#DETvsATL<\/a> | \ud83d\udcfa Lions TV Network <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOUol2Y0HW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/HOUol2Y0HW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Detroit Lions (@Lions) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions\/status\/1953972413776986570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The short touchdown was all about leverage, as Meeks created space on a quick out route for the TD:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Kyle Allen goes to Jackson Meeks for 6\ufe0f\u20e3 more <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Lions<\/a> points!<\/p>\n<p>Stream DETvsATL on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLPlus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@NFLPlus<\/a>= <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/amI4vOUUEF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/amI4vOUUEF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NFL (@NFL) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1953987717706203358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/news\/patriots-treveyon-henderson-hello-nfl-touchdown\/0f7f018f56e2813a192aa73d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TreVeyon Henderson&#8217;s first NFL touch went to the house<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meeks actually began his college career at Georgia, where he was a two-time national champion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He only came to Syracuse in 2024 to come along for the ride with new head coach Fran Brown.<\/p>\n<p>It was a worthwhile move, as he went for 78 catches, 1,021 yards and seven TDs.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Meeks is trying to show in another new home that he belongs again. So far, he&#8217;s done everything he can to prove that point.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NFL NEWS:<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the time of year when unheralded players have to make plays to have a shot at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-55917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}