Lamar Jackson in an American football quarterback. He plays for Baltimore Ravens of the NFL.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about his life and career.
- His full name is Lamar Demeatrice Jackson Jr.
- He was born on January 7, 1997
- He is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL)
- He played college football at Louisville
- There he won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award
- He was unanimously selected as an All-American as a sophomore 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
- He became the youngest quarterback to start a playoff game
- In 2019, he set an NFL record for the most rushing yards in a season by a quarterback
- And the Ravens franchise record for most passing touchdowns in a season
- Jackson also led the league in 2019 with 36 touchdown passes
- Jackson, along with Patrick Mahomes, Cam Newton and Steve McNair, is one of only four African-American quarterbacks to win the AP MVP award
- Jackson was born to Felicia Jones and Lamar Jackson, Sr., on January 7, 1997
- He grew up in the center of an economically distressed section of Pompano Beach, Florida
- Lamar Sr. died in a car accident on the same day Lamar’s grandmother died in 2005 when Jackson was eight
- He and his siblings were thereafter raised by their mother
- He attended public schools and played Pop Warner football in the same Florida league with Ravens wide receiver Marquise Brown
- Though they were on different teams
- With Jackson playing for the Pompano Beach Cowboys
- Jackson’s cousin, Oakland Raiders cornerback Trayvon Mullen and Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley also competed against Jackson in that league
- Growing up, his favorite player was Michael Vick
- At age 8, Jackson could throw a football 20 yards according to his first quarterback coach, Van “Peanut” Wilson
- While he was in high school a homemade video shows him throwing a football 100 yards
- Prior to the start of the 2019 NFL season, Jackson appeared on ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud, pitting current NFL players against former NFL players
- Jackson’s athletic abilities were featured in GEICO and Pizza Hut commercials which aired during the 2019 season
- During week 12 of the 2019 NFL season, the makers of Madden NFL, a video game series that has sold more than 130 million copies, announced that Jackson’s character speed would be upgraded from 94 to 96
- Making Jackson the fastest quarterback in that game’s history
- In 2018, Jackson announced the launch of his sportswear line, “Era 8 Apparel”
- On Cyber Monday 2019, major sportswear retailer Fanatics announced that its Lamar Jackson sportswear outsold every other professional athlete’s sportswear
- That same week, Pope Francis was gifted a Lamar Jackson Ravens jersey
- As of 2019, Jackson lives in Owings Mills, Maryland, about 20 minutes from the Ravens training complex with his mother, brother, and sisters
- Jackson is a Christian
- Jackson’s pre-game meal is shrimp alfredo pasta
- His favorite superhero is Superman
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