Tarvaris D'Andre Jackson was an American football quarterback in the National Football League.
50 Facts About Tarvaris Jackson
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Tarvaris Jackson played professionally for the Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks and Buffalo Bills.
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In 2011, Tarvaris Jackson signed with the Seahawks and was starting quarterback for the 2011 season.
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Tarvaris Jackson was then traded to the Bills before the 2012 NFL season but never played a game.
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Tarvaris Jackson was the backup quarterback for Russell Wilson during their Super Bowl XLVIII win over the Denver Broncos.
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Tarvaris Jackson was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, and graduated from Sidney Lanier High School of Montgomery in 2001.
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Tarvaris Jackson then enrolled at the University of Arkansas and played three games for the Razorbacks as a freshman but suffered a season-ending injury.
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Tarvaris Jackson finished 2001 with 3 of 9 passes completed for 53 yards and one interception and rushed 14 yards on seven carries.
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Tarvaris Jackson completed 160 of 316 passes for 2,342 yards, 18 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions and rushed 444 yards on 91 carries including five touchdowns.
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Tarvaris Jackson had 67 carries for 215 yards and three touchdowns.
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Tarvaris Jackson threw for 2,655 yards, 25 touchdowns, and five interceptions.
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Tarvaris Jackson rushed for 271 yards and two touchdowns on 95 carries.
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Tarvaris Jackson was selected with the last pick in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft, while he was projected to go much later, in the sixth or seventh round.
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The Vikings traded two 3rd round picks to get the 2nd round pick with which they drafted Tarvaris Jackson, fearing he might get picked sooner than anticipated.
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Tarvaris Jackson was the first quarterback from Alabama State to be drafted into the NFL since Ricky Jones in 1992.
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Tarvaris Jackson has all those things that we're looking for, and he's wired right.
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Tarvaris Jackson showed great scrambling skills averaging 11.3 yards in rushing.
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On September 25,2006, Tarvaris Jackson had minor knee surgery to repair the meniscus in his knee.
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Tarvaris Jackson returned to limited practice after two weeks, and then came back to play his first NFL game with the Vikings in week 13 against the Chicago Bears in the fourth quarter after Johnson was benched for throwing four interceptions and backup quarterback Brooks Bollinger was injured.
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Tarvaris Jackson completed three of his four passes before fumbling the ball to Chicago and the Bears then ran the clock out.
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Tarvaris Jackson received a standing ovation as he trotted out onto the field.
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Tarvaris Jackson threw 177 yards, one touchdown, and ran three times for 20 yards while the Jets protected their large lead.
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Tarvaris Jackson was named the starting quarterback for Minnesota towards the end of his rookie season.
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Tarvaris Jackson's first game was a week 16 night game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
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Tarvaris Jackson had nine touchdowns and 12 interceptions, along with a 159 yards per game, causing the Vikings to have the second-worst passing offense in the NFL.
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Tarvaris Jackson missed three games because of injuries, which included a strained groin, a concussion and a fractured index finger.
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Later in the season, opponents decided to focus all their defensive efforts on stopping Peterson and the Vikings running game, while daring Tarvaris Jackson to beat them in the passing game.
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In overtime Tarvaris Jackson fumbled on the second play and the Vikings lost the game.
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Childress threw a "Coaching 101" clinic for media reporters in which he played a tape of Tarvaris Jackson showing the progress he made in 2007 through a series of missed passes or poor decisions that he made in early games but executed properly in later contests and concluded with some tape of him hitting a target net with every 15-yard pass he threw during an offseason drill.
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Tarvaris Jackson had another good preseason, until he injured his knee again in the second preseason game which kept him from playing the last two preseason games.
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Tarvaris Jackson completed 11 of 17 passes for 163 yards and, most impressively, threw four touchdown passes and no interceptions.
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Tarvaris Jackson earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance as well as the FedEx Air Player of the Week award.
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Tarvaris Jackson completed 22 of 36 passes for 233 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions.
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Tarvaris Jackson went 15-for-35 for 164 yards in the game with one interception.
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Tarvaris Jackson went into the 2009 season in competition for a starting job with Sage Rosenfels, who the Vikings had acquired from the Houston Texans.
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Tarvaris Jackson was the second quarterback to play in the opening preseason game, and was expected to start the second preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Tarvaris Jackson helped his case with a strong performance in Favre's debut game against the Kansas City Chiefs, throwing for 202 yards and two touchdowns in backup work.
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Tarvaris Jackson entered the Vikings' first two games of the season in garbage time.
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Tarvaris Jackson took over for an injured Favre in Week 8 against the New England Patriots.
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Tarvaris Jackson took over for an injured Favre yet again in Week 13 against the Buffalo Bills.
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In that game, Tarvaris Jackson suffered a turf toe injury and missed the rest of the season.
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Tarvaris Jackson officially signed a two-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks on July 29,2011 and was announced as the starting quarterback shortly after.
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The third-string quarterback for the season, Tarvaris Jackson did not see any game action in 2012.
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ESPN reported on June 12 that Tarvaris Jackson was likely to re-sign with the Seattle Seahawks for the 2013 season.
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On June 13,2013, Tarvaris Jackson signed a one-year deal with the Seattle Seahawks.
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Tarvaris Jackson competed with Brady Quinn for the backup quarterback spot behind starter Russell Wilson.
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Tarvaris Jackson appeared in three games of the 2013 regular season producing 151 passing yards and a touchdown.
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In 2018, Tarvaris Jackson took a graduate assistant role at Alabama State, his alma mater.
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In 2019, Tarvaris Jackson was named quarterbacks coach for Tennessee State.
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Tarvaris Jackson was arrested on June 25,2016, in Kissimmee, Florida and charged with aggravated assault after police said he threatened his wife with a gun.