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Grady Jackson

{{Short description|American football player (born 1973)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Grady Jackson

| number = 90, 91, 75, 74

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|1|21}}

| birth_place = Greensboro, Alabama, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 345

| high_school = Greensboro (AL) East

| college = Hinds CC
Knoxville

| draftyear = 1997

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 193

| pastteams =

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 510

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 35.5

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 8

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 7

| statlabel5 = Passes defended

| statvalue5 = 24

| pfr = J/JackGr20

}}

Grady O'Neal Jackson (born January 21, 1973) is an American former professional football defensive tackle. He was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played college football at Knoxville College.

Jackson also played for the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions and Florida Tuskers.

College career

Jackson played defensive tackle at Knoxville College, after transferring from Hinds Community College. While at Hinds, he was a two-time Junior College All-American and the National Junior College Player of the Year following the 1995–1996 seasons.

Professional career

=Green Bay Packers=

Jackson was represented by agent Drew Rosenhaus. Before the 2005 NFL season, Jackson said he would hold-out of training camp in order to secure a new contract with the Packers. However, he reported for training camp on the first day. Several days later, however, Jackson told reporters that he no longer felt wanted in the Packers organization and requested to be released or traded to another team, but later retracted those statements, and played out the 2005 season without a new contract.

=Atlanta Falcons (first stint)=

In 2006, as a member of the Atlanta Falcons, Jackson led the league in tackles for a loss. On October 23, 2007, the Falcons released Jackson.

=Jacksonville Jaguars=

On October 30, 2007, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Jackson to a one-year contract.{{Citation |date=October 23, 2007 |title=Falcons cut starting tackle Grady Jackson in surprising move |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2007-10-23-3337085498_x.htm }}

=Atlanta Falcons (second stint)=

Jackson was re-signed by the Falcons on July 28, 2008. On December 2, 2008, the NFL reported that he had failed a drug test and they would further investigate the circumstances before deciding upon disciplinary action.{{Citation|date=December 2, 2008 |title=NFL Suspends Six Players for Doping Violations |newspaper=Sports Illustrated |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/12/02/nfl.ap/index.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205093105/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/12/02/nfl.ap/index.html |archivedate=December 5, 2008 }}

=Detroit Lions=

On March 4, 2009, Jackson was signed by the Detroit Lions.

Jackson was released on March 5, 2010.

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="2"| Legend

Bold

| Career high

=Regular season=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="4"| Tackles

!colspan="4"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
1997OAK

| 5 || 0 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

1998OAK

| 15 || 1 || 39 || 29 || 10 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0

1999OAK

| 15 || 0 || 34 || 25 || 9 || 4.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0

2000OAK

| 16 || 15 || 68 || 51 || 17 || 8.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0

2001OAK

| 16 || 16 || 69 || 52 || 17 || 4.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

2002NOR

| 15 || 15 || 43 || 31 || 12 || 5.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0

rowspan="2" | 2003NOR

| 7 || 6 || 25 || 20 || 5 || 3.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

GNB

| 8 || 1 || 23 || 16 || 7 || 2.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

2004GNB

| 10 || 10 || 23 || 17 || 6 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2005GNB

| 16 || 16 || 55 || 39 || 16 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

2006ATL

| 16 || 15 || 36 || 31 || 5 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

rowspan="2" | 2007ATL

| 7 || 7 || 20 || 18 || 2 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

JAX

| 9 || 0 || 9 || 8 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2008ATL

| 15 || 14 || 28 || 23 || 5 || 2.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2009DET

| 15 || 13 || 32 || 20 || 12 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|18512951038412635.500008720

=Playoffs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="4"| Tackles

!colspan="4"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCombSoloAstSckIntYdsTDLngFFFRYdsTD
2000OAK

| 2 || 2 || 10 || 7 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2001OAK

| 2 || 2 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0

2003GNB

| 2 || 2 || 7 || 5 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2004GNB

| 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2007JAX

| 2 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2008ATL

| 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|107312470.000000100

References

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