APB, California, 2005–07
DeSean Jackson
- Hometown
- Long Beach, CA
- Born
- Dec 1, 1986, in Los Angeles, California
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DeSean Jackson played at California (2005–07). He was a consensus All‑American in 2006. The Philadelphia Eagles took Jackson in round 2, No. 49 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
11catches, career highat Oregon, 2007161receiving yards, career highat Oregon, 20073receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Minnesota, 2006Honors
- 2006Consensus All‑American
- 2006First-team All-Pac-10
- 2006National leader in punt return average (18.2)
- 2007Second-team All-Pac-10
Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 2006
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Punt returns | Kick returns | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2005 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 601 | 15.8 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | 59 | 1,060 | 18.0 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 25 | 455 | 18.2 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 12 | 11 | 65 | 762 | 11.7 | 6 | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 | 129 | 10.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 36 | 34 | 162 | 2,423 | 22 | 24 | 199 | 1 | 38 | 633 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 0 | ||||
From the college statistics table in Jackson’s Wikipedia article (DeSean Jackson, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
Game by game
2007 California 12 games, 65 catches, 762 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Tennessee | W 45–31 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | at Colorado State | W 34–28 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 42–12 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Arizona | W 45–27 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | at Oregon | W 31–24 | 11 | 161 | 2 | 2 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Oregon State | L 28–31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 20 | at UCLA | L 21–30 | 9 | 136 | 2 | – |
| Oct 27 | at Arizona State | L 20–31 | 5 | 88 | 1 | 3 |
| Nov 3 | vs. Washington State | W 20–17 | 5 | 45 | 0 | – |
| Nov 10 | vs. USC | L 17–24 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 17 | at Washington | L 23–37 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Air Force | W 42–36 | 5 | 81 | 1 | – |
2006 California 13 games, 30 returns, 455 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | atTennessee | L 18–35 | 4 | 87 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Minnesota | W 42–17 | 7 | 114 | 3 | 3 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Portland State | W 42–16 | 5 | 103 | 1 | 4 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Arizona State | W 49–21 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 4 |
| Sep 30 | atOregon State | W 41–13 | 7 | 74 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Oregon | W 45–24 | 2 | 77 | 1 | 3 |
| Oct 14 | atWashington State | W 21–3 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | vs.Washington | W 31–24 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 4 | vs.UCLA | W 38–24 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 11 | atArizona | L 20–24 | 6 | 131 | 1 | 3 |
| Nov 18 | atUSC | L 9–23 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Stanford | W 26–17 | 7 | 127 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Texas A&M | W 45–10 | 5 | 81 | 0 | – |
2005 California 9 games, 38 catches, 601 yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Sacramento State | W 41–3 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Illinois | W 35–20 | 1 | 21 | 0 | – |
| Sep 23 | at New Mexico State | W 41–13 | 9 | 130 | 1 | – |
| Oct 1 | vs.Arizona | W 28–0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – |
| Oct 8 | atUCLA | L 40–47 | 10 | 128 | 1 | – |
| Oct 15 | vs.Oregon State | L 20–23 | 5 | 79 | 1 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs.USC | L 10–35 | 1 | 9 | 0 | – |
| Nov 19 | atStanford | W 27–3 | 2 | 65 | 1 | – |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. BYU | W 35–28 | 6 | 130 | 2 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 | Combine or pro day 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′9¾″ | |
| Weight | 169 lb | |
| Arm length | 29¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.35 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 s | |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.82 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.19 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
15 seasons, 180 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.
Pro Bowls: 3 (2009–10, 2013) · First-team All-Pro: 2009 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2009
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2009; Pro Football Writers first team 2009; Sporting News first team 2009.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Philadelphia Eagles | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Eagles | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Eagles | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Washington Redskins | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Washington Redskins | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Washington Redskins | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Las Vegas Raiders | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Baltimore Ravens | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 180 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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