Welcome in to a mini under center podcast. I'm JJ Stankovitz. Maybe we'll call this the Tariq Cohen of podcast since it's small, but it packs a punch. This week I had a chance to catch up with Bears All-Pro safety Eddie Jackson as part of a Gatorade beat the heat event at a football camp at

Benedictine University. Eddie was there on behalf of Gatorade to teach the kids at the camp about

hydration, and he participated in some of the kids' drills, including instructing the kids on how to

celebrate after an interception, which is pretty neat to see. After the camp, as we were waiting to chat

with Eddie, a kid came up to him and thanked him for coming, which is definitely something that's stuck

with the former fourth round pick. This is a short interview, but hopefully it'll tied you over

until we start our series of training camp previews here on the Undercenter podcast next week.

Paul Aspen, Cam Ellis, and myself will be back on Wednesday for our first State

of the Bears podcast with a look at the front office coaching staff and special teams. So yeah,

that's going to include some kicker discussions. After that, we're going to go to defense

and then onto offense right before camp opens up in late July. For now, though, I hope you

enjoy this chat with Eddie Jackson coming up after the break.

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So it feels like you're back in Florida, maybe practicing in Alabama in the summer today.

What's the importance of staying hydrated out here?

Oh man, just coming out, you know, drinking a lot of, you know, I teamed up, Gitter-A.

I want to just thank them.

Getter A beat the heat, bringing me out here to give me an opportunity to come out here and share,

you know, my story with the kids, and he also talked to him. But it's very important to come out, you know, because when you sweat, especially how something's like this, man, you lose a lot of things out of your body.

You know, you lose a lot of water, a lot of calcium, everything, and you got to put those back.

So it's very important for them to know that at a young age. thank you for coming. How do you understand the platform you have in this city now as someone who is so

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