He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft.

Jackson was a two-time Class 5A state offensive player of the year at Horn Lake High School.

He was also named to the Dandy Dozen by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, signifying the top 12 players in the state of Mississippi.

However, Jackson would later lose his starting job to rookie RB James Starks.

At the end of the 2010 season, Jackson and the Packers appeared in Super Bowl XLV against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

[6] Over the next three years, he would spend time as a wide receivers coach with Tusculum College, and later as a running backs coach at Austin Peay State University and then Southeast Missouri State University.