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The Los Angeles Sparks star, Rickea Jackson, seemed to lift some eyebrows during the first round of the NFL draft.
The videos circulated on social networks on Thursday night that apparently showed the 24 -year -old WNBA player sitting next to the former Tennessee football star James Pearce Jr.
Moments after the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, walked towards the stage of the stage of the fragment in Green Bay to announce that the Halcons of Atlanta were using the 26th general selection to select Pearce, the cameras changed to the house of the passes corridor in North Carolina.
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Ricka Jackson before the celebrity game before the NBA stars game of 2025 in Oakland Arena in Oakland, California, on February 14, 2025. (Darren Yamashita/Imagn images)
Jackson seemed to smile, wrapping an arm for Pearce and rubbing his leg while the family and friends of the football player celebrated the special moment.
Rumors about a romance between Jackson and Pearce have turned for more than a year. Both athletes attended the University of Tennessee.
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Jackson finally learned of viral videos and took X to broadcast an answer to the talk.
“Soooo I have a Doppelgenger. Wow,” he wrote on X Friday night.
The publication had attracted more than 1.7 million visits from Friday afternoon.
Jackson’s response met some skepticism, while others realized the apparent humor in the message of the Sparks star.
James Pearce Jr. de Tennessee participates in a drill in the Lucas Oil Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Indianapolis. (Brooke Sutton/Getty images)
The basketball career of the NCAA of Jackson began in the state of Mississippi. Finally, he transferred to Tennessee, where he rose to stardom during his two seasons as a member of Lady Vols. The Sparks selected Jackson in the first round in 2024. He averaged 13.4 points per game during his rookie season of the WNBA.
The Falcons had the second lowest of the NFL the total of last season. Pearce finished his last season with Tennessee with 7½ captures.
The scenario during the Atlanta Falcons selection during the first round of the NFL 2025 draft in Lambeau Field on April 24, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (Michael Reaves/Getty images)
But the Falcons left a significant draft capital to return to the first round on Thursday night to choose Pearce.
Atlanta sent the selections of second round and seventh round of Los Angeles Rams in this year’s draft and the team’s first round in 2026. In addition to the rights of the 26th General Selection, the RAMS sent their third -year selection this year this year to the Falcons.
