COLOMBIA, SC – When Jessica Jackson worked in the Alabama recruiting office as a graduate student from 2010 to 2014, Crimson Tide was just beginning her acquisition of the national recruiting scene.
And they were doing it with women filling out their recruiting operation on campus, a team that consisted of three full-time employees and a dozen student assistants, all women.
“But you would never know that,” said Jackson, who now serves as director of football recruiting on the South Carolina campus. “We have always been there. We are now receiving recognition for being in the room. “
The explosion of school-run social media accounts that give fans a glimpse into the inner workings of college football programs has revealed the multiple roles that many women now play on these teams.
“It was always there,” she said. “It’s just that everyone is watching …