During the 2022 season, he was the wide receivers coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL).
After going undrafted in the 1998 NFL draft signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and spent the season on their practice squad.
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.
He played in a state championship basketball game during his time at Mater Dei and ended up losing to a team led by former NBA player Jason Kidd.
Jackson attended Washington State University in 1996 and 1997 where he was a letterman in football where he was a favorite target of college teammate Ryan Leaf.
[2] As a senior, he made 54 receptions for 1,005 yards and eleven touchdowns, and helped in leading his team to the Rose Bowl.
[2] Jackson was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and spent part of the year on their practice squad.
[2] He was named the Arena Football League Ironman of the Week[2] after recording 12 receptions for 144 yards and four touchdowns against the Arizona Rattlers.
[2] He had his second AFL Ironman of the game award come against the Tampa Bay Storm later that year and also earned Player of the Week honors.
[4] Jackson helped lead the Philadelphia Soul to a championship in ArenaBowl XXII, with 140 receptions for 1,692 yards and 49 TDs on the year.
On Friday July 8, 2011 Jackson signed with the 14-2 Arizona Rattlers to help them reach ArenaBowl XXIV.
In his first game back in the AFL since winning ArenaBowl XXII with the Soul, he caught 6 passes for 78 yards and two touchdowns.
Jackson made a second comeback with the Rattlers in 2014, signing on August 8, 2014, just before the National Conference Championship.
The Packers won Back-to-Back NFC North Titles during Jackson's time in Green Bay.
He was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on May 6, 2009, after the Arena Football League suspended the 2009 season and later folded.
On February 12, 2019, Jackson was hired by the Bears as a defensive assistant under head coach Matt Nagy.
[9] On January 28, 2023, Jackson accepted the wide receivers coach position at the University of Texas at Austin.