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Keith Jackson

Position(s)
Tight End

Jersey #(s)
88

Born

April 19, 1965 (age 44)
Little Rock, Arkansas

Career information

Year(s)

1988–1996

NFL Draft

1988 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13

College

Oklahoma

Professional teams

Career stats

Receptions

441

Receiving Yards

5,283

Touchdowns

Stats at NFL.com

Career highlights and awards

6× Pro Bowl selection (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996)
5× All-Pro selection (1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996)

College Football Hall of Fame

Keith Jerome Jackson (born April 19, 1965 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a former professional American football tight end who played for the Philadelphia Eagles (1988-91), Miami Dolphins (1992-94), and Green Bay Packers (1995-1996).

1 College career
2 NFL career
3 Present
4 References
5 External links

College career

Jackson played for the University of Oklahoma from 1984 to1987, where he was nicknamed Boomer Sooner. He assisted the Sooners to a 42-5-1 record in his four seasons and a national championship in 1985. He caught a total of 62 passes for 1,407 yards, at an average of 23.7 yards per catch, and was a College Football All-America Team selection in 1986 and 1987. In the 1986 Orange Bowl, the national championship, Jackson caught a 71-yard pass from Jamelle Holieway for a touchdown, which would be the first of two touchdowns in the Sooners' victory over Penn State. Jackson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.He was later voted Offensive Player of the Century at OU. He is also a member of Omega Psi Phi.

NFL career

After being drafted by the Eagles in 1988, Jackson recorded 81 receptions for 869 yards, and 6 touchdowns in his first season, along with seven catches for 142 yards in the Eagles' only playoff game that year, and won the NFC Rookie of the Year award. The Eagles team record of 869 receiving yards in Jackson's rookie season was broken by DeSean Jackson in 2008, who also became the first rookie since Keith Jackson to lead the team in receptions.^[1] The two are not related.

In his nine seasons, Jackson made the Pro Bowl six times (1988-1990, 1992-1993, 1996). In his final season, Jackson made 40 receptions for 505 yards and a career-high 10 touchdowns, assisting the Packers to a 13-3 record and a win in Super Bowl XXXI.

Jackson finished his career with 441 receptions for 5,283 yards and 49 touchdowns.

Present

Jackson is currently a color commentator on radio broadcasts for the Arkansas Razorbacks. His son, Keith Jackson, Jr., played defensive line at Arkansas and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the 2007 NFL Draft. Jackson is not related to the ABC sportscaster of the same name.

References

^ "Eagles Media Guide - Desean Jackson". Philadelphia Eagles. http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/eagles_files/html/jackson_d_1.html. Retrieved on 2009-08-10.

External links

Preceded by Lisa L. Ice Jon L. Louis Cheryl Miller John C. Moffet Dub W. Myers Megan L. Neyer	Todays Top VI Award Class of 1988 Regina K. Cavanaugh Charles D. Cecil Keith J. Jackson Gordon C. Lockbaum Mary T. Meagher David Robinson	Succeeded by Dylann Duncan Suzanne T. McConnell Betsy Mitchell Anthony P. Phillips Thomas K. Schlesinger Mark M. Stepnoski

v • d • e Oklahoma Sooners Football 1985 Consensus National Champions

Troy Aikman \| Brian Bosworth \| Sonny Brown \| Tony Casillas \| Jamelle Holieway \| Mark Hutson \| Keith Jackson \| Dante Jones \| Kevin Murphy \| Darrell Reed \| Derrick Shepard \| Spencer Tillman Head Coach Barry Switzer Coaches Jim Donnan \| Gary Gibbs

v • d • e 1988 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Aundray Bruce · Neil Smith · Bennie Blades · Paul Gruber · Rickey Dixon · Tim Brown · Sterling Sharpe · Dave Cadigan · Terry McDaniel · Eric Moore · Michael Irvin · Ken Harvey · Keith Jackson · Gaston Green · Anthony Miller · Eric Kumerow · John Stephens · Aaron Jones · Randall McDaniel · Aaron Cox · Clifford Charlton · Lorenzo White · Brad Muster · Craig Heyward · Scott Davis · Ted Gregory · Wendell Davis

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Philadelphia Eagles first-round draft picks

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Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XXXI Champions

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