"Safety Chris Conte was only a freshman at Cal when DeSean Jackson was a budding NFL-bound star as a junior in 2007. Now they're both in the NFL.

Will Jackson be surprised to see Conte in an NFL uniform?

''He'll be surprised when I hit him,'' Conte said with a laugh.

As fate would have it, Conte will face his former college teammate in his third NFL start when the Bears play the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night at Lincoln Financial Field. "