Rickey Jackson

Rickey Jackson

Infobox NFLretired


|caption=
position=Linebacker
number=57
birthdate=birth date and age|1958|3|20
Pahokee, Florida
debutyear=1981
finalyear=1995
draftyear=1981
draftround=2
draftpick=51
college=Pittsburgh
teams=
* New Orleans Saints (1981-1993)
* San Francisco 49ers (1994-1995)
stat1label=Sacks
stat1value=136
stat2label=Interceptions
stat2value=8
stat3label=Fumble recoveries
stat3value=29
nfl=JAC478484
highlights=
* 6x Pro Bowl selection (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993)
* Super Bowl champion (XXIX)
HOF=
CollegeHOF=

Rickey Anderson Jackson (born March 20, 1958 in Pahokee, Florida) is a former American football linebacker in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints (1981-1993) and the San Francisco 49ers (1994-1995). He has been inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame. Jackson won a championship ring with the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX one year before retiring.

A six-time Pro Bowl selection (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993), Jackson recorded 10 or more sacks in six different seasons and led the NFL in fumble recoveries in 1990 and 1991. He finished his career with 136 (8 unofficial in 1981) sacks and 8 interceptions, which he returned for 68 yards. He also recovered 29 fumbles. At the time of his retirement, his 28 defensive fumble recoveries were the second most in NFL history behind Jim Marshall's 29.

Drafted in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft (53rd overall) from the University of Pittsburgh, Jackson was a member of the first Bum Phillips draft. He played in all 16 games his rookie season.

In a 2007 report by the Times Picayune of New Orleans, Jackson was said to have owed the largest child support bill in the entire state of Louisiana. A woman claimed to have an eleven year old child fathered by Jackson while he played for the New Orleans Saints.

In 2007 he was named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team which selected the Top 33 players in the 100 year history of high school football in the state of Florida's history.

Jackson has been on the official ballot for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the past 8 years but has never been voted a finalist. He was a member of the Saints' famed "Dome Patrol", a four-man linebacking corps which the NFL Network ranked as the best in NFL history.

External links

* [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JACKSRIC02 Career Stats]


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