Lawrence Jackson

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Lawrence Jackson
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Jackson during his tenure with the USC Trojans
No. 95, 94
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1985-08-30) August 30, 1985 (age 38)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:271 lb (123 kg)
Career information
High school: Inglewood (CA)
College: USC (2003–2007)
NFL draft: 2008  / Round: 1 / Pick: 28
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:141
Sacks:19.5
Forced fumbles:4
Fumble recoveries:2
Player stats at PFR

Lawrence Christopher Jackson [1] (born August 30, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft. He played college football at USC.

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He is referred to as LJ or LoJack. [2]

Early life

Jackson played football and ran track at Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. In 2002, Jackson was a consensus prep All-America, All-West, All-State, All-City and All-League selection as well as his league's MVP. He had 142 tackles, with 11 sacks, plus 4 fumble recoveries and 2 interceptions in 2002 while playing defensive line and middle linebacker.

As a junior in 2001, he was All-City and All-League and his league's Defensive Player of the Year. He had 134 tackles, including 22 sacks, plus 2 interceptions (1 returned for a TD), 7 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries and 3 blocked kicks in 2001. Inglewood made it to the 2001 CIF Division X semi-finals. During his 2000 sophomore season, Inglewood advanced to the CIF Division X finals. For his career, he had 57 sacks.

Jackson applied to be the head coach for Inglewood High School in 2014, losing out on the job to his former coach Jason Miller.

College career

Jackson played college football for the University of Southern California and was a 4-year starter for the Trojans starting 51 of 52 games. Philip Rivers (NC State) is the only other player in NCAA history to start 51 games. In 2007 Jackson was an AP All-American second-team selection, Collegefootballnews.com All-American third-team, All-Pac-10 first-team (making it for the second time after being so honored in 2005), ESPN.com All-Pac-10 first-team, Collegefootballnews.com All-Pac-10 first-team, and the Rivals.com All-Pac-10 first-team. Jackson was on the 2007 Street and Smiths and Phil Steele's preseason All-American first-team and on the Ted Hendricks Award and Bednarik Award watch lists.

He was on the 2006 Lombardi Award, Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch lists and 2006 Athlon and Street & Smith's Walter Camp preseason All-American. He fell to Second-team Rivals.com and coaches All-Pac-10 in 2006. He totaled only 4 sacks in 2006, off from his first two years at USC.

He led the team with 10 sacks in 2005. He also had 46 tackles. He was a 2005 Rivals.com Third-team All-American. He was First-team All-Pac-10 and on ESPN's First-team All-Pac-10 team.

Jackson started at defensive end as a redshirt freshman in 2004. He played in 13 games (12 starts). He made the 2004 Collegefootballnews.com Freshman All-American first-team, The Sporting News and Rivals.com Freshman All-American second-teams. He had 32 tackles (11 for a loss) and 6 sacks.

Jackson redshirted as a true freshman in 2003. He won USC's Service Team Defensive Player of the Year award. After the season, he had arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle to remove debris.

College statistics

YEARTEAMGPGSTTT/LSacksFRPDINT
2004USC131232116011
2005USC1313461310270
2006USC131343114151
2007USC1313601710.5130
Totals52511815230.54162

Key: GP - games played; GS - games started; TT - total tackles; T/L - tackles for a loss; FR - fumbles recovered; PD - passes deflected; Int - interceptions

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 4 in
(1.93 m)		271 lb
(123 kg)		4.82 s1.60 s2.79 s4.40 s7.08 s34+1⁄2 in
(0.88 m)		9 ft 0 in
(2.74 m)		31 reps
Vertical from USC Pro Day, all others from NFL Combine [3]

Seattle Seahawks

Lawrence Jackson and Patrick Kerney sacking Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers gets sacked.jpg
Lawrence Jackson and Patrick Kerney sacking Aaron Rodgers.

Jackson was selected in the first round with the 28th pick in the 2008 NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks. He was the fourth defensive end taken in the first round (behind Chris Long, Vernon Gholston, and Derrick Harvey). [4]

Jackson had a disappointing 2008 season as he finished with 29 tackles and 2 sacks. However, he did play every game of the season. After the season, Jackson said that he was looking to improve.

Detroit Lions

On August 18, 2010, Jackson was traded to the Detroit Lions for a 6th-round pick in the 2011 NFL draft. [5]

Jackson finished the 2010 season with 34 tackles and 6 sacks, along with a forced fumble while playing only 11 games as the Lions finished 6-10.

Jackson was not able to replicate the same results in 2011 or 2012, posting a combined 46 tackles and 7 sacks over the two seasons.

NFL statistics

YearTeamGPCOMBTOTALASTSACKFFFRFR YDSINTIR YDSAVG IRLNGTDPD
2008 SEA 16292182.0000000000
2009 SEA 16322754.5200000002
2010 DET 113421136.0110000001
2011 DET 11261794.5010000000
2012 DET 15201192.5100000000
Career69141974419.5420000003

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References

  1. ↑ "Jackson Pro Football Reference Profile". pro-football-reference.com.
  2. ↑ Dick Weiss, Return of Troy, New York Daily News, August 26, 2007,.
  3. ↑ NFLdraftscout.com
  4. ↑ "2008 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  5. ↑ Lions Send 6th-Round Pick To Seattle For Lawrence Jackson PrideofDetroit.com August 19, 2010
  6. ↑ "Lawrence Jackson Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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