Dexter Jackson (safety)

This article is about the safety. For the wide receiver of the same name, see Dexter Jackson (wide receiver).

Dexter Jackson

No. 28     Virginia Destroyers
Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: July 28, 1977 (1977-07-28) (age 34)
Place of birth: Quincy, Florida
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Weight: 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College: Florida State
NFL Draft: 1999 / Round: 4 / Pick: 113
Debuted in 1999 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1999–2002) Arizona Cardinals (2003) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2004–2005) Cincinnati Bengals (2006–2008) Virginia Destroyers (2009–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl champion (XXXVII) Super Bowl MVP (XXXVII)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2008
Tackles	433
Sacks	5.0
INTs	17
Stats at NFL.com

Dexter Lamar Jackson (born July 28, 1977 in Quincy, Florida) is an American football safety for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.

Jackson earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII and was also named MVP. He has subsequently played for the Arizona Cardinals and Cincinnati Bengals.

College career

Jackson attended Florida State University and was a Human and Science Major and a letterman in football. In football, he was named as an All-Atlantic Coast Conference as a junior, and he finished his college football career with 194 tackles, 7 interceptions, 16 passes defensed, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, and blocked four field goals.

Professional career

First stint with Buccaneers

Jackson was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round (113th overall) of the 1999 NFL draft. He made his NFL debut versus the Denver Broncos.

Jackson was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXVII, recording two interceptions. His margin of victory for the award was the "fan vote" in which he gained four votes based on internet polling. Were it not for the fan votes, Simeon Rice would have won the award. He was the first safety to win the award since Jake Scott in 1973, the third defensive back overall (joining Scott and Larry Brown), and to date the most recent defensive player to win a Super Bowl MVP.

Arizona Cardinals

The Super Bowl win came just before Jackson declared for free agency. The Pittsburgh Steelers had a verbal agreement to sign Jackson; however, he backed out at the last minute and signed with the Arizona Cardinals instead.^[1] The Steelers then went to "Plan B" and drafted Troy Polamalu.

Second stint with Buccaneers

Jackson rejoined the Buccaneers in 2004, and played with them until the end of the 2005 season.

Cincinnati Bengals

Before the 2006 season Jackson signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as a free agent. He played three seasons with the team before being released on March 6, 2009.

UFL

Jackson currently plays for the Virginia Destroyers of the newly formed United Football League.

Family

Jackson is married to Tina Jackson (of Miami, Fl) and has four daughters, Jazmine, Daisia, Meah, and Taylor.^[2]

Radio

On September 19, 2011, Dexter Jackson and former World Boxing Organization cruiserweight world champion Tyrone Booze began a new radio show called "All Sports" with Randy Harris on Clearwater, Florida's WTAN AM 1340^[3]. The show is also aired on WDCF, WZHR and online on the Talking Sports Network^[4].

References

1. ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/steelers/20031106snoter1106p5.asp
2. ^ Cincinnati Bengals bio
3. ^ http://tantalk1340.com/index.cfm?PID=4 WTAN-AM 1340 / WDCF-AM 1350 Tampa Bay - Weekday Schedule
4. ^ http://www.talkingsportswithrandyharris.com Talking Sports with Randy Harris

External links

• United Football League bio

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Tom Brady	NFL Super Bowl MVPs Super Bowl XXXVII (2003)	Succeeded by Tom Brady

Persondata
Name	Jackson, Dexter
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Short description
Date of birth	July 28, 1977
Place of birth	Quincy, Florida
Date of death
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