Rickey Jackson

Rickey Jackson
Position (s): Linebacker	Jersey number (s): 57
born on March 20, 1958 in Pahokee , Florida
Career information
Active : 1981 - 1995
NFL Draft : 1981 / Round: 2 / Pick: 51
College : Pittsburgh
Teams
New Orleans Saints (1981-1993) San Francisco 49ers (1994-1995)
Career statistics
Tackles / sacks	1173/128
Fumbles forced / conquered	40/29
Interceptions / touchdowns	8/0
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl Winner ( XXIX ) 6 × Pro Bowl (1983–1986, 1992–1993) 4 × First-Team All-Pro (1986–1987, 1992–1993) 2 × Second-Team All-Pro (1984–1985) Saints Hall of Fame (1997)
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Rickey Anderson Jackson (* 20th March 1958 in Pahokee , Florida ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of the linebackers . He played 13 years for the New Orleans Saints and two years for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). Jackson was elected to the Pro Bowl six times and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010. With the 49ers he won the Super Bowl XXIX .

Private

Rickey Jackson was born on March 20, 1958, the youngest of five children of Leila Pearl Jones Lawson. His mother raised him, his brother and the three sisters alone. He has three children with his ex-wife Norma Williams Jackson and six others with four different mothers.

college

Jackson played college football for the University of Pittsburgh in the defensive end position . He stood, despite his good performances - Chris Doleman was one of his backups in college - often in the shadow of the second defensive ends of the Pittsburgh Panthers , Hugh Green , and was also known as "the other end" ( the other end known). During his tenure with the Panthers, Jackson scored 290 tackles , 21 sacks, and three interceptions . When East-West Shrine Game in his final year he was named MVP of Defense selected.

NFL

New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints selected Rickey Jackson in the 1981 NFL Draft in the second round as the 51st player. In the team of Head Coach Bum Philips he played - as during all his 13 years with the Saints - on the position of an outside linebacker in a 3-4 defense . In his rookie year, he played all games from the start and scored eight sacks. Together with the line backers Pat Swilling , Sam Mills and Vaughan Dunbar made Rickey Jackson late eighties and early nineties, the Dome Patrol ( Dome patrol ) - related to the venue, the Superdome in New Orleans , the Saints at this time. The Dome Patrol was voted the best group of linebackers in NFL history by the NFL Network . In the seven seasons (1986 to 1992) in which they all played together, they received 18 nominations for the Pro Bowl . In their last year together, the 1992 season , all four Saints linebackers were elected to the Pro Bowl.

In his 13 years with the Saints, Jackson scored 1,104 tackles, 115 sacks, seven interceptions, and 38 forced and 27 captured fumbles .

San Francisco 49ers

For the 1994 season Jackson moved for two seasons to the San Francisco 49ers , for whom he played in a 4-3 defense as a defensive end . With the 49ers, he won Super Bowl XXIX against the San Diego Chargers in his first season . After his sophomore season with the 49ers, Jackson ended his NFL career. In his two years with the 49ers, he scored 60 tackles, 13 sacks, one interception, as well as two forced and two captured fumbles.

Honors

Rickey Jackson scored 1173 tackles, 128 sacks, eight interceptions, as well as 40 forced and 29 captured fumbles in his NFL career. For these achievements, he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010. He played in 227 NFL games, was elected six times to the Pro Bowl , four times to the first team and twice to the second team as an all-pro .

Web links

• Rickey Jackson in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jimmy Smith: After football, former New Orleans Saints linebacker Rickey Jackson learned from his mistakes. In: nola.com. The Times-Picayune, August 5, 2010, accessed on November 24, 2014 : “It wasn't easy for Jackson, the youngest of five children, who'd always had a special bond with the woman who raised her kids as a single parent and had mapped out a life plan for each: athletics for the two boys, teaching for the three girls " 
2. ^ ^{A b} Gil Brandt: Jackson used physical gifts to overcome tough odds. In: nfl.com. National Football League (NFL), August 1, 2010, accessed on November 25, 2014 (English, update from August 3, 2010): “Jackson was in Green's shadow with the Panthers, but made a lot of tackles because teams always ran away from Green's side and toward Jackson. " 
3. ↑ James Summerlin: Rickey Jackson is 49th among Louisiana's all-time top 51 athletes. In: nola.com. The Times-Picayune, June 25, 2014, accessed November 25, 2014 (updated June 27, 2014): "The New Orleans Saints' famed" Dome Patrol "was named by the NFL Network as the greatest linebacker corps in NFL history and the headliner was Jackson, an outside linebacker and No. 49 on our list of Louisiana's all-time top 51 athletes. " 
4. ^ The Dome Patrol. New Orleans Saints History. In: nosaintshistory.com. Retrieved on November 25, 2014 (English, the four played together at the Saints since 1986 (compare PFR or article by the players) - the statement 1987 in the article is incorrect.): “These four linebackers would make NFL history by all four being named to the Pro Bowl in 1992. "