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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | (1978-12-06)December 6, 1978 (age 46) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Tampa Catholic (Tampa, Florida) | ||||||||
| College | Florida (1997–1999) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2000: 3rd round, 80th overall pick | ||||||||
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Darrell Lamont Jackson (born December 6, 1978) is an American former professionalfootball player who was awide receiver for nine seasons in theNational Football League (NFL) during the 2000s. Jackson playedcollege football for theFlorida Gators, and thereafter, he played in the NFL for theSeattle Seahawks, theSan Francisco 49ers and theDenver Broncos of the NFL.
Jackson was born inDayton, Ohio in 1978,[1] one of eight brothers and sisters in his family.[2] He attendedTampa Catholic High School inTampa, Florida,[3] where he was a standout wide receiver for the Tampa Catholic Crusaders high school football team.[4] As a senior, Jackson set then-national high school records for career receiving yardage (4,594) and average yards per catch (24.05), and caught a total of 191 passes in three seasons for the Crusaders.[5] He had eighty-ninereceptions for 2,087 yards and twenty-eighttouchdowns as a junior, and sixty-seven receptions as a senior.[5]
Basketball, not football, however, was Jackson's first love.[4] As the sophomore point guard of a basketball team that included only eight players, he led the Crusaders to the 3A crown and was named state tournament most valuable player.[4] As a senior, he led his team to the state tournament one more time in 1997, where it lost in the championship game.[4]
The Tampa Tribune recognized Jackson as one of the 100 greatest Tampa Bay area athletes of the last century in 1999.[4] In 2007, eleven years after he graduated from Tampa Catholic, theFlorida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recognized Jackson as one of the thirty-three all-time greatest Florida high school football players of the last 100 years by naming him to its "All-Century Team."[5]
Jackson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend theUniversity of Florida in Gainesville, Florida,[2] where he was a wide receiver for coachSteve Spurrier'sFlorida Gators football team from1997 to1999.[6] He saw limited action as a freshman and sophomore, but he was the Gators' leading receiver in Spurrier's "fun 'n' gun" offense as a junior in 1999.[2] During the 1999 season, he had sixty-seven receptions for a total of 1,156 yards (an average of 17.3 yards per catch) and nine touchdowns, and had a memorable three-touchdown outing against theAlabama Crimson Tide.[6] Following his junior year, he was a first-teamAll-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and a third-teamAll-American.[6]
Jackson decided to forgo his final year of college eligibility, and entered theNFL draft after his junior season;[2] he finished his college career with a total of 1,501 receiving yards.[6]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | ||||||
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| 5 ft11+3⁄4 in (1.82 m) | 197 lb (89 kg) | 31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.58 s | 1.54 s | 2.64 s | ||||||
| All values fromNFL Combine[7] | ||||||||||||
The Seattle Seahawks selected Jackson in the third round (eightieth pick overall) in the2000 NFL draft,[8][9] and he played for the Seahawks for seven seasons from2000 to2006.[10] During the2004 season, Jackson set a Seahawks franchise record with eighty-seven receptions (broken byBobby Engram in 2007). On December 18, 2005, he made his first appearance for the Seahawks after returning from an injury that he received playing theWashington Redskins; in this appearance, he helped carry the Seahawks to victory with a touchdown reception.
InSuper Bowl XL Jackson tied the record for most receptions made in the first quarter of aSuper Bowl with five, tying formerBuffalo Bills wide receiverAndre Reed. Despite his brilliant performance, Seattle lost to thePittsburgh Steelers 21–10. He was denied a touchdown catch in the first quarter, due to a controversial offensivepass interference penalty called by back judge Bob Waggoner.
In Seahawks franchise history he is fifth in receiving yards, fourth in receiving touchdowns and sixth in receptions.
On April 29, 2007, Jackson was traded to the San Francisco 49ers for a fourth-round draft pick in the2007 NFL draft. On March 14, 2008, after a disappointing 2007 season, theSan Francisco 49ers placed Jackson on waivers, making him a free agent.[11]
On April 16, 2008, Jackson signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Denver Broncos.[12] He filled in when called upon and started for the suspendedBrandon Marshall in week 1, and the injuredEddie Royal in week 6. Despite being third on the depth chart, he managed twelve receptions for 190 yards (a 16.5 yard average).[1]
In his nine-season NFL career, Jackson played in 123 regular season games, started 107 of them, and had 499 receptions for 7,132 yards and fifty-one touchdowns.[1]
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2000 | SEA | 16 | 9 | 53 | 713 | 13.5 | 71 | 6 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| 2001 | SEA | 16 | 16 | 70 | 1,081 | 15.4 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | SEA | 13 | 13 | 62 | 877 | 14.1 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | SEA | 16 | 16 | 68 | 1,137 | 16.7 | 80 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2004 | SEA | 16 | 16 | 87 | 1,199 | 13.8 | 56 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2005 | SEA | 6 | 6 | 38 | 482 | 12.7 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2006 | SEA | 13 | 13 | 63 | 956 | 15.2 | 72 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2007 | SF | 15 | 15 | 46 | 497 | 10.8 | 34 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2008 | DEN | 12 | 2 | 12 | 190 | 15.8 | 48 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Career | 123 | 106 | 499 | 7,132 | 14.3 | 80 | 51 | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2003 | SEA | 1 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 25 | 0 |
| 2004 | SEA | 1 | 1 | 12 | 128 | 10.7 | 23 | 1 |
| 2005 | SEA | 3 | 3 | 20 | 268 | 13.4 | 37 | 2 |
| 2006 | SEA | 2 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Career | 7 | 6 | 41 | 503 | 12.3 | 37 | 3 | |
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