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Tom Jackson

Thomas Louie Jackson

Position: LB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: April 4, 1951 in Cleveland, OH
College: Louisville

3-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 4th round (88th overall) of the 1973 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1973 22 DEN 8 4
1974 23 DEN RLB/llb 13 12 1 39 0 39
1975 24 DEN LLB 14 14 2 0 0 0
1976 25 DEN ROLB/rlb 14 14 7 136 1 46 1 2 0 0
1977*+ 26 DEN ROLB 13 13 4 95 1 73 1 0 0 0
1978* 27 DEN ROLB 16 16 3 28 1 28
1979* 28 DEN ROLB 13 13 1 34 0 34 0 2 70 0
1980 29 DEN ROLB 16 16
1981 30 DEN ROLB 16 16 0 1 0 0
1982 31 DEN ROLB 9 9 1.0 1 8 0 8
1983 32 DEN ROLB 15 15 5.5 1 0 0 0 0 2 34 0
1984 33 DEN ROLB 16 16 6.0 0 1 0 0
1985 34 DEN rolb 12 5
1986 35 DEN ROLB 16 14 0.5
Career 191 177 13.0 20 340 3 73 2 8 104 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1983 32 DEN ROLB 15 15 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Career 191 177 1 2 0 2 2.0 2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1976 25 DEN ROLB/rlb 14 14 1 6
1977*+ 26 DEN ROLB 13 13 1 6
1978* 27 DEN ROLB 16 16 1 6
Career 191 177 3 18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1977
1978
1979

1st-team All-Pro

1977

Non-Offensive TDs

1976 NFL 1 (8)
1977 NFL 1 (8)
1978 NFL 1 (6)

Games Started

Career 177 (133)

Fumble Return Yds

1979 NFL 70 (5)
Career 104 (99)

Interceptions

1976 NFL 7 (6)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1976 NFL 136 (6)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1976 NFL 1 (6)
1977 NFL 1 (1)
1978 NFL 1 (4)
Career 3 (104)

Long Intercep. Return

1977 NFL 73 (6)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1977 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - Sporting News: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1977 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1977 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL
1978 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1978 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1984 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf.
1984 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.