DeSean Jackson

  • 2x All- Pac -10 ( 2006-2007)
  • 2x AP All-American (2006-2007)
  • Randy Moss Award ( 2006)
  • 2x Pro Bowl (2009, 2010)

DeSean William Jackson ( born December 1, 1986 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional American football player who. Upon the position of Wide Receiver He plays for the Washington Redskins in the National Football League ( NFL).

Career

High School

Jackson attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. In 2004 he won the Glenn Davis Award from the Los Angeles Times as Southern California's player of the year. He also played baseball and was scouted in his senior year by both the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia Phillies, but opted for American football.

Jackson began in his senior year 60 passes for 1075 yards and 15 touchdowns space gain, and thus led the Jackrabbits to the CIF Southern Section Championship ( Southern California Championship).

At the conclusion of his high school career Jackson ( MVP ) of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, was elected Texas in San Antonio, the Most Valuable Player. In the game he caught seven passes for 141 yards, including a 45 - yard touchdown. After his high school career, he went to the University of California.

College

College Football Jackson played at the University of California at Berkeley. In his first game for the Golden Bears, against Sacramento State in 2005, Jackson scored both an offense touchdown, as well as a special teams touchdown. Overall, he scored in his first season 601 yards space thanks to 38 caught passes and seven touchdowns. In the Las Vegas Bowl against Brigham Young University, Jackson caught passes for 130 yards and scored two touchdowns.

In the second year of college, he increased his numbers to 1,060 yards and nine touchdowns space gain. He was elected both as a punt returner and as a wide receiver into space Pac -10 First Team.

After a rather disappointing 2007 season, he scored only 762 yards and six touchdowns, which was also due to several small injury, he left college early and signed up for the NFL Draft 2008.

NFL

Jackson was in 2008 by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the NFL Drafts, as 49 players in total, selected. The preseason went well for Jackson, in the game against the New England Patriots he had a 76- yard punt -return touchdown, so he made it to the squad Eagles and was intended as a punt returner.

Because of his injuries receiver colleagues, he was employed in the regular season and more often than wide receiver. He reached with the Eagles the NFC Championship Game, where he could catch a 62- yard touchdown pass from quarterback Donovan McNabb in the fourth quarter and his team brought for the first time in the game in the lead. But in the end won the Arizona Cardinals at 32:25.

Trivia

Jackson is pictured on the cover of the PlayStation 2 version of NCAA Football 09. In the feature film The Silver Linings Bradley Cooper wears in his role as Pat jr jersey Jackson, among others, during a dinner.

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