Tarvaris Jackson
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey number (s): 7 |
| born on April 21, 1983 in Montgomery | |
| died on April 12, 2020 in Pike Road | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 2006 - 2015 | |
| NFL Draft : 2006 / Round: 2 / Pick: 64 | |
| College : Alabama State | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Touchdowns - interceptions | 39-35 |
| Thrown yards | 7,235 |
| Quarterback rating | 78.5 |
| Erlaufene yards | 639 |
| Run touchdowns | 6th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Tarvaris D'Andre Jackson (* 21st April 1983 in Montgomery , Alabama ; † 12. April 2020 in Pike Road , Alabama) was an American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . He last played for the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League (NFL).
Career
college
The Minnesota Vikings were watching the quarterback while he was still in college. The Vikings particularly liked his performance in the East – West Shrine Game , an all-star game in college football , and during the NFL Combine .
NFL
Minnesota Vikings
The Vikings selected Jackson in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft and signed him for four years. In the pre-season he was in 15th place , measured by the quarterback rating of 115 quarterbacks used. Only Jay Cutler , then with the Denver Broncos , was better from his draft year . He scored an additional 11.3 yards per run, making comparisons with the also very strong quarterback Michael Vick .
In his first NFL game, he came into play for the injured Brad Johnson and successfully threw three out of four passes before losing the ball in a fumble . Enraged by Johnson's performance, fans demanded more stakes from Jackson. He threw his first touchdown pass in the game against the New York Jets . He also threw passes in this game for a space gain of 177 yards and ran another 20. He played the remaining games from the start. At the end of the season he only got 50 percent of the passes.
For the 2007 season , Tarvaris Jackson was set as starting quarterback . He had a disappointing season, with only nine touchdowns and twelve interceptions . Still, Brad Childress decided to start the 2008 season with Jackson as a starter .
Jackson's performance remained below expectations in the new season. In the first week he threw a game-winning interception, in the following week he didn't score a single touchdown. Because of these achievements, he lost his place in the regular team to Gus Frerotte . Jackson only played again in the 14th week against the Detroit Lions and the week after against the Arizona Cardinals , his best game to date with eleven of 17 successful passes, including four touchdown passes. He completed all subsequent games including the play-offs , where he lost with the Vikings to the Philadelphia Eagles .
In 2009 he lost his seat to Brett Favre , who stepped down from his retirement and signed with the Vikings. Contrary to expectations, Jackson did not change teams, but became Favre's backup. He played five games and threw a touchdown.
Tarvaris Jackson signed a new one-year contract with the Vikings in 2010.
Seattle Seahawks
After the lockout in 2011 , he agreed on a new contract with the Seattle Seahawks in July and changed teams. He had his best season and was starting quarterback with nearly 3,100 yards thrown and 14 touchdowns at 13 interceptions .
Buffalo Bills
In the summer of 2012, Russell Wilson was signed to compete with Jackson for the place as a starter. Tarvaris Jackson was swapped for the Buffalo Bills before the season started , and the Seahawks got a seven-round draft pick for the NFL draft in return . He didn't play a single game at the Bills. The team extended his contract for a year, but finally fired the quarterback in June 2013. Then the Seattle Seahawks took him back under contract, initially for a year.
Seattle Seahawks
Jackson prevailed against Brady Quinn in the pre-season, fighting for the place behind Russell Wilson , but was only used occasionally. Among other things, he was substituted on in Super Bowl XLVIII against the Denver Broncos in the last quarter. This was the first time in 13 years that a backup quarterback was used in the Super Bowl . After the season, he signed a new one-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks in spring 2014. Before the 2015 season, he signed again for a year.
Private
He graduated from Troy University in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in psychology . He was married to Lakitta Jackson and had three children. He was arrested in June 2016 after allegedly aiming a gun at his wife and threatening to kill her during an argument. However, his wife had previously threatened him with a kitchen knife. At the beginning of August 2016, the case against him was dropped because the prosecutor's office believed there was no clear evidence.
As of 2018, he had taken on a position as an assistant at Alabama State University on the football team. In 2019, Jackson was named Tennessee State University's quarterback coach . He died on April 12, 2020 at the age of 36 as a result of a traffic accident in his home town of Pike Road .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ CJ: Ta-var-i-us or Tar-var-is? Just call him dad. April 8, 2008, accessed April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ espn.com Vikings re-sign backup QB Jackson (English) Accessed June 4, 2010
- ↑ Tarvaris Jackson signs with Seahawks for a third time ( Memento from March 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Seahawks.com. Retrieved May 18, 2014
- ↑ http://www.tsutigers.com/football/roster/2019-20/7633/tarvaris-jackson/
- ↑ Police say Tarvaris Jackson threatened to shoot wife, who questioned his accuracy. June 24, 2016, accessed August 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Bob Condotta: Report: Former Seahawk QB Tarvaris Jackson will not face charges stemming from June incident. The Seattle Times, August 2, 2016, accessed August 3, 2016 .
- ↑ https://247sports.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks/Article/Tarvaris-Jackson-moves-on-from-NFL-career-to-coaching-114238157/
- ^ Former NFL QB Tarvaris Jackson dies in car crash. In: nfl.com. NFL.com, accessed April 13, 2020 .
- ^ Single-Vehicle Crash Sunday Claims Life of Pike Road Man Identified as Tarvaris Jackson. In: Elmore Autauga News , April 13, 2020, accessed April 14, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Jackson, Tarvaris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jackson, Tarvaris D'Andre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montgomery , Alabama , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 2020 |
| Place of death | Pike Road , Alabama , United States |