Bucs rookie LB Nick Jackson jokes with his friend and Ravens DB Kyle Hamilton about how Hamilton was a first-round pick and Jackson is fighting for an NFL career after being an undrafted free agent.

“He’s like my brother,” Jackson said, via Fox Sports. “He’s been an unbelievable influence, and I really can’t thank him enough. We’ve grown up since we were 4, pretty much talked every day, dinners every night. He’s guided me through the process because he’s been through it. We make the joke that he was first round and I was a rookie minicamp invite, so we have both ends of the spectrum on it. It’s been an honor to lean on him.”

If Jackson makes the cut, his first NFL game would be in his hometown of Atlanta against the Falcons.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It’s unreal,” Jackson

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