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Spring football is now over and we take a look at what the “Big 3″ accomplished during the sessions. Chris Relf for Heisman? Columnist Brian Hadad tells us why he could be a top candidate in 2011. Steven Godfrey gives us his thoughts on the state of college football in Mississippi and we have an exclusive interview with Prentiss native and Utah Jazz big man Al Jefferson. The Viking Classic is coming up as well and Nathan Crace gives us a look inside Mississippi’s ONLY PGA event. And MORE…

The 2011 Recruiting Issue featuring recaps of the Ole Miss, MSU and Southern Miss signing classes, Perian Conerly, Mississippi’s “Fab 15″ – The top High School & JUCO players for the 2011 Season, Recruiting on the World Wide Web and more

Jackson, who was the head strength and conditioning coach at Hinds in 2009, is currently working for the Packers as an assistant strength and conditioning coach.

Jackson, a native of Columbus, also was a student athletic trainer at Hinds in 2000 when the Eagles went 11-1, won the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) state championship and were ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation.

Jackson, who also served an internship with the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots in their 2003 training camp, spent 2002-07 at the University of Alabama, with the highlight coming when the Crimson Tide made a trip to the Cotton Bowl at the end of the 2005 season.

“This year with the Packers has been a tremendous blessing,” Jackson said in a telephone interview as he was leaving Dallas/Fort Worth airport Monday morning Feb. 7. “It was an unbelievable experience to be a part of this championship run.”

Jackson graduated from Alabama in 2005, and he left to work for Kent Johnston, former University of Alabama strength and conditioning coach, at a private training facility in Waco, Texas, in 2007. He went from there back to Hinds Community College, this time as head strength and conditioning coach.

It was Johnston who then recommended Jackson for an opportunity to get in the Natiional Football League, which allowed him the chance to be a part of a Super Bowl winner.

Although he has now moved on to the highest level possible in football, Jackson said he will always be grateful for his time spent in Raymond.

“I’m thankful to (athletic director/head football coach) Gene Murphy and (former head trainer) Brian Johnson for giving me the opportunity to get in to college athletics,” Jackson said.

For more on Hinds sports please go to www.hindsccsports.com

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss senior forward Gary Flowers garnered selection as the Conference USA men’s basketball Player of the Week for the second time this season based on voting from a media panel covering the 12 league schools and released Monday afternoon.

Flowers, a Dallas, Texas native, averaged 21. points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.0 assists during the week in helping lead the Golden Eagles to two conference victories

In Wednesday’s win at UAB, Flowers’ jumper with 23 seconds remaining gave Southern Miss the winning margin, capping off a 14 point second half. The Dallas, Texas native finished with 22 points, five rebounds, two assists and two blocks to give the Golden Eagles just their fourth win in Birmingham in 17 tries.

He then capped off his week against Marshall by recording his fifth double-double of the season, scoring 20 points and pulling down 12 rebounds while also blocking two shots to help Southern Miss to a 67-60 victory and its best start in Conference USA history.

Flowers currently leads Conference USA in scoring with 20.2 points per game, is fourth in blocks (1.7) and fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.430). Marshall’s DeAndre Kane was named the C-USA Freshman of the Week.