1. Jason Tucker was born on June 24,1976 and is the receivers coach for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League.
21 Facts About Jason Tucker
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Jason Tucker is formerly a gridiron football wide receiver where he played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL and the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League.
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Jason Tucker played on the freshman football team but made the varsity basketball and track team as a freshman.
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Jason Tucker was a two-time All-state selection, finishing with 81 receptions for 1,771 yards and 25 touchdowns.
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Jason Tucker finished his college career with 78 receptions for 1,197 yards, a 15.3-yard average, and 5 touchdowns.
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Jason Tucker was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL draft.
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Jason Tucker played in the preseason opener against the New York Giants, catching one pass for six yards.
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Jason Tucker was allocated to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe, where he ranked second on the team behind Dialleo Burks, with 26 receptions for 454 yards and 3 touchdowns.
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Jason Tucker returned to the Cowboys and made the roster as the team's sixth wide receiver, one more than the usual number.
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Jason Tucker's first catch was a six-yarder, in week five against the Philadelphia Eagles, after Michael Irvin suffered his career-ending injury.
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Jason Tucker added 128 receiving yards and a touchdown on 7 catches.
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The next week against the New York Giants, the Cowboys clinched a playoff spot behind 122 receiving yards from Jason Tucker, including a 90-yard touchdown, a 79-yard opening kickoff return and his 205 kickoff return yards.
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Jason Tucker finished the season with 23 receptions for 439 yards, 2 touchdowns, 10 special teams tackles and a 27.9-yard kickoff average, which ranked second in the NFL and fifth in team history.
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Jason Tucker set the team record with 51 kickoff returns in a single-season and his 1,099 kickoff return yards ranked second All-time.
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In 2003, Jason Tucker tallied 41 receptions for 744 yards and 9 touchdowns.
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Jason Tucker was named the most valuable player of the 91st Grey Cup, with a 132-yard performance in the championship game.
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On July 25,2008, Jason Tucker was involved in a helmet-to-helmet hit with Hamilton Tiger-Cats defender Jykine Bradley that fractured his C6-C7 vertebrae.
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On January 28,2009, Jason Tucker announced his retirement as a football player and that he would join the Edmonton Eskimos coaching staff as their wide receivers coach.
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In December 2017, Jason Tucker was hired to the Montreal Alouettes coaching staff as the receivers coach.
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Jason Tucker served in that capacity through to the 2024 season, but was not retained on the staff in 2025.
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On January 10,2025, the Edmonton Elks announced that Jason Tucker was named the team's receivers coach.