Lawrence Jackson
Lawrence Jackson during his tenure with the USC Trojans.
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 30, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 271 lb (123 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Inglewood (CA) | ||||||||||
| College: | USC | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28 | ||||||||||
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| Tackles: | 141 |
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| Sacks: | 19.5 |
| Fumbles Forced: | 4 |
| Fumbles Recovered: | 2 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Lawrence Christopher Jackson (born August 30, 1985) is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC.
He is referred to as LJ or LoJack.
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 leagues 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.
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.
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