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Regina Jackson is not just the mother of Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels but also his agent and business manager. She is very vocal about her role in looking after him both on and off the field.
Recently, during an episode of “The Pivot” podcast celebrating Mother’s Day, Jackson shared insights into Daniels’ dating life. She explained her protective stance toward the 24-year-old, especially when it comes to relationships with other women.
Reflecting on a comment she made about her concerns regarding “girls” trying to approach her son, Jackson revealed that this was during his time at LSU about two years ago, in response to a question about her biggest fears.
“That should be every parents’ biggest fear… men and women… because you’re a public figure and your dollar amount is associated with your name. So you never know who’s really there for you and who’s really against you.
“… The thing is, he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know and he knows football and he does it very well… but he doesn’t know the business world,” she said. He doesn’t know the predators or he vultures that could be out there. So he feels very comfortable in knowing that not only am I educated and qualified to do it, I’m also his mom.”
Jackson explained that she wants her son to date despite narratives that she’s shielding him from it.
“I’m putting it on record. My son can date, he can live freely, make his own decisions,” she said. “However, with the relationship we have, he does value my opinion because when my kids were little, I did a lot for them and my kids saw that.
“… I worked too hard to allow anybody and at any moment to come in and just take it away. So I have a view of what I feel a good person is. But my son is 24, and he does have to go through things and he has to learn on his own. He’s a great kid, I’m thankful for him… He’s not like some of these other guys. He’s really to himself, a homebody… So I’m trying to work on his life after sports, because at some point it does end.”
Jackson is a certified agent and has Master’s degrees in Hospital Administration and in entrepreneurial business.
Jackson went on “The Pivot” to give the public an opportunity to “actually get to know who I am.”
She emphasized that she wants to be known as Regina Jackson, “and not always the mother of Jayden Daniels.”
“I had Jayden. Jayden didn’t have me,” she quipped of the reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.
Jackson went viral for seemingly hovering over Daniels on numerous occasions off of the field.
Many were convinced that she tagged along with Daniels on a date with an unnamed woman while in Miami for the Formula 1 races last weekend.
Last month, Jackson was spotted in the background of a video of Daniels dancing at the wedding of San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk and his longtime partner Rochelle Searight.
In March, Jackson made waves online when she sat between him and USC Trojans women’s basketball star JuJu Watkins in the stands at the NCAA tournament.
Daniels discussed how his mother is protective over him.
“Nothing gets past my mama,” he said during an interview with Boardroom in December 2024. “She reads people, she doesn’t want to put people around me that she doesn’t feel will benefit me.”