Former NFL receiver DeSean Jackson hired as the football coach at Delaware State
1 week ago

Former NFL receiver DeSean Jackson hired as the football coach at Delaware State

Associated Press  

— Former NFL receiver DeSean Jackson is taking over the football program at Delaware State. The school announced Jackson’s hire Friday in the latest move by a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference program to hire a former NFL star as its football coach. “DeSean Jackson is a perfect fit for our institution — incredibly competitive, optimistic about the prospects for our collective future,” said Tony Tucker, the school’s new athletic director. Jackson is from Los Angeles and played college football at California, but his NFL career took him through Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore, three teams in pretty close proximity to Delaware State.

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Rams add former Eagles, Bears defensive coordinator Sean Desai to Sean McVay’s coaching staff
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Rams add former Eagles, Bears defensive coordinator Sean Desai to Sean McVay’s coaching staff

Associated Press  

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Former NFL defensive coordinator Sean Desai joined the Los Angeles Rams’ coaching staff as a senior assistant on Friday. Schluplinski was the Raiders’ tight ends coach last season, and he won three Super Bowl rings during a six-year stint on the New England Patriots’ coaching staff. Desai and Schluplinski are the eighth and ninth new coaches …

QB Shedeur Sanders, CB Travis Hunter following Prime to CU
2 years ago

QB Shedeur Sanders, CB Travis Hunter following Prime to CU

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Deion Sanders’ quarterback and top recruit at Jackson State are following Coach Prime to Colorado. Quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Deion’s son, was among Colorado’s first class of signees Wednesday with its new coach. Deion Sanders spent three seasons at Jackson State, winning two Southwestern Athletic Conference titles. …

Deion Sanders Was An HBCU God, Until He Wanted To Be Human Again
2 years ago

Deion Sanders Was An HBCU God, Until He Wanted To Be Human Again

Huff Post  

Depending on where you stand on the fault line, you’ve either been sending text messages explaining how Deion Sanders’ decision to leave Jackson State makes him a sellout, or you’ve been arguing that his autonomy as a Black man allows him the right to decide what’s best for him and his family. Shortly after leading HBCU Jackson State to an …

Colorado hires Deion Sanders to turn around football program
2 years ago

Colorado hires Deion Sanders to turn around football program

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders is taking over as head coach at Colorado, bringing his charisma and larger-than-life persona to a beleaguered Pac-12 program that’s plunged to the bottom of college football. They were on the cover of Sports Illustrated in July — a feature on …

Deion Sanders leads Jackson St to SWAC title
2 years, 1 month ago

Deion Sanders leads Jackson St to SWAC title

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! — Shedeur Sanders threw for four touchdowns and Jackson State routed Southern 43-24 on Saturday in the Southwest Athletic Conference championship, hours before Colorado hired father Deion Sanders away from the Tigers. I don’t want that to happen.” Southern University coach Eric Dooley spoke about what …

On Football: Could Coach Prime jump from SWAC to big-time?
2 years, 4 months ago

On Football: Could Coach Prime jump from SWAC to big-time?

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! I want to see what can I do different or where am I falling short, and I challenged myself to go to another level.” Last season, Sanders’ second as Jackson State head coach, the Tigers went 11-2 and won the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Sanders swooping in …

Domani Jackson picks USC over Alabama, giving Lincoln Riley a major recruiting coup
3 years ago

Domani Jackson picks USC over Alabama, giving Lincoln Riley a major recruiting coup

LA Times  

Mater Dei’s Domani Jackson had once leaned toward Alabama but decided to stay home when Lincoln Riley kept Donte Williams. Santa Ana Mater Dei cornerback Domani Jackson announced he would be signing with USC on Friday, choosing the Trojans over Alabama. But among that small group is a Mater Dei teammate of Jackson’s, five-star running back Raleek Brown, while another …

Top recruit spurns Florida St to play for Prime, Jackson St
3 years ago

Top recruit spurns Florida St to play for Prime, Jackson St

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 1 high school football recruit in the country pulled a signing day shocker Wednesday, deciding to attend Jackson State and play for coach Deion Sanders after being verbally committed to Florida State for months. Sanders is a former Florida State star and Pro Football Hall of …

Rams release seldom-used receiver DeSean Jackson
3 years, 2 months ago

Rams release seldom-used receiver DeSean Jackson

LA Times  

The Rams released DeSean Jackson on Tuesday, ending the veteran receiver’s Los Angeles homecoming after eight games. Rams coach Sean McVay said last week the team was allowing Jackson to seek opportunities elsewhere, and Jackson was inactive for last Sunday’s 38-22 victory over the Houston Texans. “And because it wasn’t working, we felt like it was best for all of …

Little-used receiver DeSean Jackson asks Rams to let him go elsewhere
3 years, 2 months ago

Little-used receiver DeSean Jackson asks Rams to let him go elsewhere

LA Times  

DeSean Jackson has not been included in the Rams offense much this season, leading to the receiver to ask for a trade. “It’s hard to say.” Jackson’s departure would mark the Rams’ second major roster move in advance of Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline. Asked whether Jackson’s situation was another move to create space, McVay said, “This is kind of independent …

Inside the hype, hope and hostility of Jackson State’s Deion Sanders hire: ‘Nobody thought that I would pull this off’
3 years, 8 months ago

Inside the hype, hope and hostility of Jackson State’s Deion Sanders hire: ‘Nobody thought that I would pull this off’

New York Times  

Once Jackson State athletic director Ashley Robinson heard the words he needed to, he dropped to his knees and thanked God. There’s no way Deion Sanders is coming to Jackson State.” More than seven months have passed since that phone call, which ended with Sanders accepting Robinson’s offer to become Jackson State’s head coach. “It was very intriguing that people …

DeSean Jackson feels at home with Rams’ Sean McVay, and that connection goes deep
3 years, 9 months ago

DeSean Jackson feels at home with Rams’ Sean McVay, and that connection goes deep

LA Times  

If DeSean Jackson can stay injury free, after missing most of the last two seasons with the Eagles, the Rams will have the deep threat they desire. Rams Leonard Floyd makes Rams desire to sign star linebacker pay off Leonard Floyd signed a one-year prove-it deal with the Rams last season, and he cashed that in with a career season …

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