Jackson is also a former player who played safety in the NFL for 12 seasons for the New York Giants, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles, and New Orleans Saints.
He was selected by the Giants in the third round of the 1989 NFL draft and played college football at LSU.
[1] In 1994, he took over from Wes Hopkins as the starting free safety of the Philadelphia Eagles,[2][3] and played there the following year,[4] until he was replaced by rookie Brian Dawkins.
Jackson was hired as assistant secondary coach by the San Francisco 49ers on February 17, 2011.
In 2016, Jackson returned to the NFL when he was hired to be the safeties coach for the Dallas Cowboys.