Lamar Jackson
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| Louisville Cardinals – No. 8 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Sophomore |
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| Born: | January 7, 1997 Pompano Beach, Florida |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Boynton Beach (FL) |
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Lamar Jackson (born January 7, 1997) is an American football quarterback for the Louisville Cardinals. He won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award and was a unanimous All-American as a sophomore in 2016.
Early years
Jackson attended Boynton Beach High School in Boynton Beach, Florida. He was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and committed to the University of Louisville to play college football.[1][2][3]
During Jackson's high school tenure, he played two years of varsity football. In his two seasons at Boyton Beach High School, Jackson threw for a total of 31 passing touchdowns; he ran for a total of 22 rushing touchdowns. For his career, his accumulated QB rating was 102.7. Also, for his career, he threw over 2000 passing yards.[4]
College career
As a freshman at Louisville in 2015, Jackson played in 12 games and made eight starts. He completed 135 of 247 passes for 1,840 yards with 12 touchdowns and eight interceptions and ran for 960 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns.[5] He was named the MVP of the 2015 Music City Bowl after passing for 227 yards with two touchdowns and rushing for a game record 226 yards and two touchdowns.[6][7]
During the first game of his sophomore year, against UNC-Charlotte, Jackson set a school record for total touchdowns with 8, all of them in the first half. Against Syracuse, Jackson completed 20 of 39 passes for 411 yards, one touchdown and one interception, with 199 rushing yards and 4 rushing touchdowns, with all five touchdowns coming in the first half. Against No. 2-ranked Florida State, Jackson completed 13 of 20 passes for 216 yards, threw one touchdown and one interception, and had 146 rushing yards and 4 rushing touchdowns. He scored 4 of the 5 total touchdowns in the first half. The game made Jackson the Heisman front runner,[8] and gave the Cardinals a No. 3 ranking, their highest since 2006.[citation needed] Against Marshall, Jackson completed 24 of 44 passes for 417 yards and 5 touchdowns, and had 62 rushing yards and 2 rushing touchdowns. Against No. 5 Clemson, Louisville's offense totaled 586 yards, with Jackson accounting for 295 passing yards, 162 rushing yards and three total touchdowns (1 passing, 2 rushing). On December 8, Jackson was awarded the Walter Camp Award as the player of the year and the Maxwell Award as the best all-around player in college football.[9]
On December 10, 2016, he was selected as the 2016 Heisman Trophy winner over Deshaun Watson, Dede Westbrook, Jabrill Peppers, and Baker Mayfield. He became Louisville's first Heisman Trophy winner and the youngest ever recipient of the award.[10]
Statistics
Through November 5, 2016, Jackson's statistics are as follows:[11]
| Season | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
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| Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | QB rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
| 2015 | 135 | 247 | 1,840 | 54.7 | 12 | 8 | 126.8 | 163 | 960 | 5.9 | 11 |
| 2016 | 220 | 382 | 3,390 | 57.6 | 30 | 9 | 153.3 | 220 | 1,538 | 6.6 | 21 |
| NCAA career totals | 355 | 629 | 5,235 | 56.0 | 42 | 17 | 140.5 | 383 | 2,498 | 6.3 | 32 |
References
- ^ "Rivals.com". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Four-star Florida QB Lamar Jackson picks Louisville". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ Dorsey, Steve. "Gator bait? QB Lamar Jackson fakes Florida, goes Louisville". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Lamar Jackson's Football Stats". Max Preps. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ "Behind Lamar Jackson, expectations rising at Louisville". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Lamar Jackson introduces himself to the world in Music City Bowl win". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Music City Monster: Louisville's Lamar Jackson unstoppable against Texas A&M". December 31, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ Chuck Culpepper (December 10, 2016). "Lamar Jackson's Heisman Trophy triumph a story over 20 years in the making". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Louisville QB Lamar Jackson wins Camp, Maxwell awards". The Boston Globe. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
- ^ CNN, Jill Martin and Steve Almasy. "Louisville's Lamar Jackson wins Heisman". Retrieved December 11, 2016.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Lamar Jackson". ESPN.com.