Jazz Jackson

{{Short description|American football player (born 1952)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jazz Jackson

| number = 43

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|5}}

| birth_place = Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lbs = 167

| high_school = Austin-East (TN)

| college = Western Kentucky

| draftyear = 1974

| draftround = 16

| draftpick = 395

| pastteams =

• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1974}}–{{NFL Year|1976}})

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 33

| statlabel2 = Starts

| statvalue2 = 2

| statlabel3 = Rushing attempts

| statvalue3 = 27

| statlabel4 = Rushing yards

| statvalue4 = 91

| statlabel5 = Total TDs

| statvalue5 = 2

| pfr = JackJa02

}}

Clarence "Jazz" Jackson, Jr. (born March 5, 1952) is a former American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets for three seasons from 1974 to 1976 for a total of 33 career games.{{cite book |title=The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia |date=2007 |publisher=Sterling Publishing |isbn=978-1-4027-4216-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/espnprofootballe00ster/page/334 334] |edition=1st |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/espnprofootballe00ster/page/334 }}

Jackson was released by the Jets on November 1, 1976.Joe Marcin and Dick Byers (eds.), Football Register 1977. St. Louis, MO: The Sporting News, 1977; p. 3. He was signed as a free agent by the Cleveland Browns on June 1, 1977, but did not land a spot on the roster.