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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||
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Born: | Pahokee, Florida, U.S. | March 20, 1958||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 243 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Pahokee | ||||||||||
College: | Pittsburgh (1977–1980) | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1981 / round: 2 / pick: 51 | ||||||||||
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Rickey Anderson Jackson (born March 20, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints (1981–1993) and the San Francisco 49ers (1994–1995). He led the team's Dome Patrol linebacker corps while playing with the Saints. In 1997, Jackson was inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame.[1] Jackson won a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX one year before retiring. On February 7, 2010, Jackson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.