Daniel Jackson's MLB dream comes true, but it came with a dose of disrespect

Daniel Jackson is fresh off one of the best seasons in Georgia baseball history. Jackson won the Golden Spikes award this season which goes to the nation's best college baseball player after batting .379 this year with 100 hits and a whopping 32 home runs.

On top of that, Jackson helped lead Georgia to an SEC regular season and tournament championship and helped carry the Bulldogs to their first College World Series appearance in 18 years.

Jackson opted to forego his senior season to enter the MLB Draft, and on Saturday he was taken with the No. 37 overall pick by the Colorado Rockies. This will be a great landing spot for him for a multitude of reasons, but it's impossible to ignore the fact that two catchers were somehow drafted before him.

Daniel Jackson enters the MLB with a major chip on his shoulder

Being taken with the 37th pick in the MLB Draft is a great honor, and Jackson certainly won't be upset about it. However, he may be a bit bothered by the fact that two catchers were selected before him.

This includes Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey who was taken third overall by the Minnesota Twins as well as Arkansas catcher Ryder Helfrick who was taken 15th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

It's a bit confusing how other catchers were drafted before Jackson. He was just named the No. 1 player in college baseball this season when he won the Golden Spikes award which means he was the best catcher in the country as well, but that somehow turned into him being the third catcher drafted.

How does that make any sense?

Jackson ultimately may not care all that much about that, but it should give him a chip on his shoulder to help propel him throughout his entire MLB career the moment he steps foot on the diamond.

Daniel Jackson's success in the MLB can help Georgia long into the future

Jackson has already done so much for Georgia during his two years with the program. He finally brought Georgia back to national relevance by helping them win the SEC and make it to the CWS, but he did much more than that.

Winning the Golden Spikes award showed the country that the top players should seriously consider going to Georgia if they want to be put in a position to succeed. He was the second Bulldog to win this award in Wes Johnson's three-year head coaching career, so that speaks volumes to the type of coaching every player will get from Georgia's coaching staff.

So while Jackson won't have any direct impact on Georgia's success going forward, his legacy is something that UGA will be able to build off of as they can use his success to continue recruiting at a high level.

And if he makes it big in the MLB and becomes the star every Georgia fan knows he can become, then that will only help the Bulldogs even more in their quest to eventually win a National Championship.

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