He serves as a sideline reporter during USC football games for 710 ESPN.

Jackson prepped at Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, California.

Jackson was an athletic and academic All-American at the University of Southern California and also played baseball.

Jackson played wide receiver for the National Football League Phoenix Cardinals between 1990 and 1992 and for the Chicago Bears in 1996.

He also played in Minor League Baseball from 1990 to 1995 with the San Francisco Giants, California Angels and Minnesota Twins organizations.