DeSean Jackson Biography :
DeSean Jackson was rated as the No. 1 receiver in the nation by The Sporting News and Rivals.com, as well as the No. 1 special teams player by Rivals ... DeSean Jackson is the Playboy Magazine Preseason All-American ... Mel KIper tabbed DeSean Jackson as the No. 1 junior receiver in the nation ... DeSean Jackson developed into one of the most exciting players in the nation as a threat for a big play every time he touches the ball ... DeSean Jackson has 21 touchdowns in 24 career games ... DeSean Jackson is Cal's leading receiver for each of his first two seasons and led the nation in punt return average and punt return TDs as a sophomore ... 19.2 percent of DeSean Jackson career punt returns have gone for touchdowns (five TDs on 26 returns) ... DeSean Jackson has seven career 100-yard receiving games ... DeSean Jackson ranks third among returning players nationally in yards per catch for his career ... DeSean Jackson opened his career by scoring on his first collegiate pass reception and his first collegiate punt return.
DeSean Jackson Bio in 2006 :
DeSean Jackson is a first team All-Pac-10 selection as a wide receiver and as a punt returner ... DeSean Jackson is the first team All-America punt returner by the Associated Press, Walter Camp Foundation, the Football Writers Association of America, the Sporting News and Rivals.com ... DeSean Jackson captured the inaugural Randy Moss Award as the top return man in the nation ... DeSean Jackson led the nation with 18.2 yards per punt return ... DeSean Jackson ranked second in the Pac-10 with nine receiving touchdowns ... DeSean Jackson set school and Pac-10 records for season (4) and career punt return TDs (5) with a 95-yarder against Arizona ... had four 100-yard receiving games ... DeSean Jackson registered 28 plays of 20 or more yards ... DeSean Jackson is Cal's top receiver against Arizona, catching six passes for 131 yards, including a career-long 62-yard TD, while returning a kickoff 26 yards to finish with 285 all-purpose yards ... DeSean Jackson had a 72-yard punt return for a TD against UCLA and caught three passes for 58 yards, including a 34-yarder ... DeSean Jackson collected seven passes for 127 yards against Stanford, including a 44-yard reception ... DeSean Jackson registered a 65-yard punt return TD and a 36-yard TD catch against Oregon ... DeSean Jackson tallied a team-best seven catches for 74 yards and a touchdown against Oregon State ... DeSean Jackson returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown against Arizona State ... also had four catches for 67 yards, including a 52-yarder, and a TD against the Sun Devils ... DeSean Jackson recorded 103 yards on five catches against Portland State ... DeSean Jackson hooked up with Nate Longshore for three touchdowns (2-yards, 48-yards and 11-yards) against Minnesota as he finished with 114 yards receiving ... DeSean Jackson tallied a team-best 87 receiving yards on four catches against Tennessee, including a 40-yard catch-dodge-and-run for a TD from Joe Ayoob ... DeSean Jackson led the Bears with five catches for 81 yards in the Holiday Bowl victory over Texas A&M ... DeSean Jackson also had five rushes for 19 yards and two kickoff returns for 38 yards.
DeSean Jackson Bio in 2005 :
DeSean Jackson led the Bears with 38 catches and 601 yards ... DeSean Jackson also topped Cal with seven touchdown receptions ... DeSean Jackson first career reception (and first collegiate touch of the football) resulted in a 31-yard touchdown reception vs. Sacramento State in the season opener ... DeSean Jackson first collegiate punt return came in the same game and he took it 49 yards for another touchdown ... had three 100-yard receiving games ... DeSean Jackson credited with nine catches for 130 yards and a touchdown against New Mexico State and 10 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown against UCLA ... in the bowl game against BYU, DeSean Jackson tallied six catches for 130 yards and two touchdowns with the TD grabs covering 42 and 22 yards ... DeSean Jackson longest reception of the year was a 56-yard TD grab at Stanford for the first score of the game ... DeSean Jackson had five catches for 79 yards against Oregon State ... DeSean Jackson rushed the ball eight times for 48 yards, including a long of 17 at UCLA ... DeSean Jackson notched a 15-yard run vs. New Mexico State ... DeSean Jackson missed the Washington State game due to injury.
DeSean Jackson Bio in High School :
DeSean Jackson is one of the premier high school wide receivers in the nation ... Parade Magazine All-American ... DeSean Jackson named the 2004 Glenn Davis Award winner by the Los Angeles Times as Southern California's player of the year ... DeSean Jackson flagged down 60 passes for 1,075 yards for Long Beach Poly's CIF Southern Section championship team ... DeSean Jackson scored 15 touchdowns, eight which measured at least 60 yards or more, including two on punt returns ... DeSean Jackson the first incoming Cal player to win the Glenn Davis Award since running back Russell White captured the award for Crespi High School in 1987 ... DeSean Jackson was voted Most Valuable Player of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, as he had seven receptions for 141 yards and passed for a 45-yard touchdown in leading the West squad to a 35-3 victory in a game that featured 80 of the nation's top players ... DeSean Jackson sparkled in the CaliFlorida Bowl game, posting five catches for 145 yards and one touchdown ... DeSean Jackson was ESPN.com's Tom Lemming rated him as the No. 4 wide receiver in the country, PrepStar selected him an All-American and a member of its Dream Team Top 100 players, and Calhisports.com voted him the 2004 Mr. Football State Player of the Year ... SuperPrep ranked DeSean Jackson No. 21 in its Elite 50 players in the nation and No. 4 player in the state of California ... Rivals.com rated DeSean Jackson the No. 3 player in the Golden State and the No. 32 player in the USA ... in the CIF title game, DeSean Jackson was a last-minute replacement on defense and responded with two interceptions, one which he returned 68 yards for a touchdown to help fuel Long Beach Poly's 21-6 victory over Los Alamitos High ... as a junior, DeSean Jackson hunted down 43 passes for 821 yards and 11 touchdowns in earning first team accolades ... DeSean Jackson is a two-time member of the famed Long Beach Press-Telegram "Best in the West" first team.
