Chris Jackson (wide receiver)
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| Position: | Wide receivers coach | ||||||||
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| Born: | February 26, 1975 Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) | ||||||||
| College: | UC Riverside Washington State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1998: undrafted | ||||||||
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Christopher Jackson (born February 26, 1975) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator for The University of Texas. During the 2022 season, he was the wide receivers coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bears.
Jackson played college football at Orange Coast College before moving onto Washington State Cougars after one year. In both 1996 and 1997, Jackson was a starter for the Cougars and was considered a favorite target of Ryan Leaf. After going undrafted in the 1998 NFL draft signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and spent the season on their practice squad. Following his stint in Tampa Bay he would spend three seasons split with the Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans. In 2000, after his first stint in the NFL was over, Jackson signed with the AFL's Los Angeles Avengers. He spent three seasons with Los Angeles and was named the AFL's Rookie of the Year and totaled 3,255 yards, 238 catches and 67 touchdowns. After the Avengers, Jackson was given another opportunity in the NFL to play for the Green Bay Packers in 2002 and 2003. In his three active seasons in the NFL, he played in one game for the Titans in 2000, and one game each season (2002–03) for the Packers. Following the end of his playing career, Jackson began a career in coaching with the Chicago Bears as a defensive assistant in 2019.