Lamar Demeatrice Jackson Jr. is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. In 2019, he was the NFL Most Valuable Player, the second player to receive a unanimous selection for the award. While in college, he won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, and was unanimously selected as an All-American during his sophomore year in 2016. He is the fourth African-American quarterback to be named MVP.
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Lamar Demeatrice Jackson Jr. is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. In 2019, he was the NFL Most Valuable Player, the second player to receive a unanimous selection for the award, and the fourth African-American quarterback to be named MVP. While in college, he won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, and was unanimously selected as an All-American during his sophomore year in 2016. Jackson was selected with the 32nd overall pick by the Ravens in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He began his rookie season as a backup, but became the team’s starting quarterback following an injury to starter Joe Flacco. During the season, Jackson helped the team clinch the AFC North division title and became the youngest quarterback to start a playoff game. In his first full season as starter, Jackson set a record for the most rushing yards in a season by a quarterback, led the league with 36 touchdown passes, and become the first unanimous MVP award winner in NFL history. Jackson’s cousin, Oakland Raiders cornerback Trayvon Mullen, and Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley also competed against Jackson in a Pop Warner football league. Growing up, his favorite player was Michael Vick. At age eight, Jackson could throw a football 20 yards according to his first quarterback coach, Van \”Peanut\” Wilson and while he was in high school a homemade video shows him throwing a football 100 yards. Jackson threw for 2,263 yards and 31 touchdowns, ran for 1,624 yards and 22 touchdowns, and a high school career accumulated quarterback rating of 102.
7. He was rated by Rivals. com as a four-star recruit and had dozens of offers from big college football programs but he committed to the University of Louisville after head coach Bobby Petrino gave his word to Felicia Jones that her son would be playing quarterback and nothing else. As a freshman at Louisville in 2015, Jackson played in 12 games and made eight starts. He passed for 227 yards with two touchdowns and rushing for a Music City Bowl-record 226 yards and two touchdowns. The Cardinals eventually lost the game 42–36 against the Marshall Marshall Marshal. On December 8, Jackson was awarded the Walter Camp Awards as the player of the year. He also competed for his high school track team, posting a personal record of 11. 45 seconds in the 100 meter dash. He is the son of Felicia and Lamar Jackson Sr. and grew up in the center of an economically distressed section of Pompano Beach, Florida. His grandmother died in 2005 when Jackson was eight and he and his siblings were thereafter raised by their mother. He attended public schools and played Pop Warnerfootball in the same Florida league with future Ravens wide receiver Marquise Brown, though they were on different teams, with Jackson playing for the PompANO Beach Cowboys. He played for Santaluces Community High School where he played football sporadically and sat out his sophomore season.
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