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Aug 17, 2010

Steven Jackson

Steven Rashad Jackson (born July 22, 1983) is an American football running rear for the St Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was typed via the Rams 24th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State.

Early years

Steven Jackson was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and was a running rear for Eldorado High School. He was dubbed the Sunrise Regional MVP and hurried for 6,396 yards and 81 touchdowns for the Sundevils. Jackson’s Eldorado squad no where in the say final his senior year to Chris Carr (currently of the Baltimore Ravens) and his perennial powerhouse McQueen High School (Reno, Nevada).

Jackson’s later success has been credited with prompting college football software to take more hobby in players in the Las Vegas area.

Professional career
2004 NFL draft

Jackson was typed 24th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft via the St Louis Rams. The Rams exchanged picks with the Denver Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals to obtain Jackson. Denver sold Deltha O’Neal to Cincinnati for their first around pick. Then, St. Louis sold upward to Cincinnati’s selection to grasp Jackson whereas the Bengals chose Chris Perry to displace the departed Corey Dillon, whoever was sold to the New England Patriots.

Steven Jackson was perceived as one of the fresh era power-speed breaching tackles back. Jackson was overlooked via a figure of teams in the draft, majority possible due to a knee injury suffered during his final year at Oregon State. According to NFLDraftScout.com, Jackson, on a diluted knee at 241 pounds, flowed a 4.45s 40-yard dash at the 2004 NFL Combine. Jackson hoped to rehabilitate his knee more ago competing in other drills, which he ended at a slimmed down 231 pounds for his Pro Day. Jackson had medicine on the knee afterwards the college season, but ended upward demanding else clean-up medicine afterwards his rookie year to fully rehabilitate it. In an interview with cbssportsline.com’s Pete Prisco, Jackson says, “It never sensed right,” Jackson said. “Now it does.”

St Louis Rams

On July thirty, 2004, Steven Jackson gestured a 5-year, $7 million sell with Rams, which included a $2.05 million signing bonus. In his 2004 rookie season, he was a backup beneath Marshall Faulk. Despite the limited playing time, he hurried 134 times for 673 racing yards and four touchdowns, and had 19 receptions for 189 yards.

With Faulk aging, Jackson was dubbed the starter in 2005. Jackson had 1,046 racing yards and eight touchdowns on 254 undertakes, and grabbed 43 exceeds for 320 yards and pair touchdowns.

After the dismissal of chief bus Mike Martz, 2006 became Jackson’s breakout season. With Scott Linehan as the fresh chief bus, the St Louis Rams had a more balanced offensive attack. Jackson flowed 346 times for 1,528 yards and 13 touchdowns and led all running backs as shortly as he grabbed 90 exceeds for 806 yards, and adding three touchdowns. He also led the NFL in total yards from scrimmage with 2,334. For his exertions, Jackson was dubbed to his first Pro Bowl and received one vote for the 2006 NFL Offensive Player of the Year award. He was also dubbed the St Louis Rams MVP of 2006.

During the dismal 2007 season, Steven Jackson lashed out at fans and remarked that the music option in the Edward Jones Dome was poor. After the season, Jackson held out of camp because he conceived he was underpaid, and there was merely one year retired on his rookie contract. He subsequent ended his holdout and said that he would news to camp. Jackson ended his holdout officially, afterwards he gestured a six-year contract value a maximum of $49.3 million, encompassing $21 million in guarantees. The final pair years of the sell can be voided upon performance so it can be a three-year extension value $29.3 million. This shall produce him the highest rewarded running rear in the NFL. Steven Jackson can be eligible for unrestricted adrift agent at age 28.

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