Tabb has been asking Jackson for this matchup for a couple of months, youthful exuberance and the natural baiting that comes with being a younger family member poking at his opponent.
"He thinks he's so good. I'm like, bro, you have no idea," laughed Jackson, pride in Tabb only slightly outweighed by the familial need to humble his cousins.
"He has no idea, and he's been talking trash the whole off-season. Like we went on our family trip, and he said, 'Let's do one-on-ones right now.' I'm like, 'No, bro, you've been training the whole year. I've been on the couch eating. I'm eating chicken salad, and like, nah, you're not going to get me. I'm going to catch you in the summer. So yeah, it's going to be fun."
And the terms?
"I'll buy him whatever he wants," Jackson said. There's no price limit, though, because "he's not going to beat me. But whatever he wants."
If Jackson wins the majority of these 100 reps?
"I get to pick his first day of school outfit. He's going to wear some crazy outfits, like two different mismatched shoes, and the Hollister sweaters that are really tight. Make him put on some capris, all that."
It's the sort of friendly competition that defines a family. It's also the attitude coach Dave Canales has asked Jaycee Horn and Jackson to take with the Panthers' young receivers, a different kind of family, particularly Tetairoa McMillan.