Lamar Jackson

**Lamar Demeatrice Jackson Jr.** (born January 7, 1997)  is an American football quarterback. He plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL).

He played college football with the Louisville Cardinals and was a Heisman Trophy winner.

In 2019, he was voted as the Most Valuable Player with 50 out of 50 votes. He became the second person after Tom Brady in 2010 to become the unanimous MVP.

## College

He was recruited out of Boynton Beach High School as a three-year recruit by ESPN and  a four-star recruit by Rivals.com.

Jackson started his career by playing college football at University of Louisville for the Cardinals. He led the Cardinals to a 27-21 win over the Texas A&M Aggies to win the 2015 Music City Bowl. He would be named MVP of the game.

On December 10, 2016, Jackson won the 2016 Heisman Trophy, beating Deshaun Watson, Dede Westbrook, Jabrill Peppers, and Baker Mayfield. He was the first Cardinal to win the trophy and was also the youngest winner.

Jackson was also third in the 2017 Heisman Trophy voting, finishing behind Bryce Love and winner Baker Mayfield.

He was named the men's ACC Athlete of the Year in 2017.

On January 5, 2018, Jackson said that he was going to enter the 2018 NFL Draft.

## NFL

On April 26, 2018, the Baltimore Ravens traded a second and fourth round pick in the draft and a second round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft to the Philadelphia Eagles for their first and fourth round picks. With the newly acquired 32nd pick, the Ravens drafted Jackson.

After Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco injured his hip in a loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Ravens announced that Jackson would be the starting quarterback.

On April 27, 2023, Jackson signed a five-year; $260 million contract with $185 million guaranteed. This was the largest contract in NFL history at the time of signing.

On December 25, the Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers 33–19. In the game, Jackson would throw for 252 yards, get two touchdowns and zero interceptions for a 105.9 passer rating. In the Ravens next game, they faced the Miami Dolphins and they defeated the Dolphins 56–19. The Ravens would clinch the top seed in both the AFC and AFC North. During the game, Jackson complete 18 of his 21 passes for 321 yards, score five touchdown passes, and zero interceptions. He also had a perfect passer rating for the third time in his NFL career.

## Other websites

- Baltimore Ravens profile

## Infobox (nfl biography)

- **name**: Lamar Jackson
- **image**: Lamar Jackson 2020.jpg
- **caption**: Jackson playing with the Ravens on October 4, 2020
- **current team**: Baltimore Ravens
- **number**: 8
- **position**: Quarterback
- **birth place**: Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S.
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 2
- **weight lb**: 215
- **high school**: Boynton Beach Community (Boynton Beach, Florida)
- **college**: Louisville Cardinals football, Louisville (2015–2017)
- **draftyear**: 2018
- **draftround**: 1
- **draftpick**: 32
- **pastteams**: * Baltimore Ravens (–present)
- **status**: Active
- **highlights**: * Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award, 2× NFL Most Valuable Player (2019 NFL season, 2019, 2023 NFL season, 2023)
* 3× First-team All-Pro (2019, 2023, 2024)
* 3× Pro Bowl (2020 Pro Bowl, 2019, 2022 Pro Bowl, 2021, 2024 Pro Bowl, 2023)
* NFL passing touchdowns leader (2019 NFL season, 2019)
* 2× Bert Bell Award (2019, 2023)
* Heisman Trophy (2016)
* Maxwell Award (2016)
* Walter Camp Award (2016)
* Associated Press College Football Player of the Year, AP College Football Player of the Year (2016)
* Sporting News College Football Player of the Year, _Sporting News_ Player of the Year (2016)
* Unanimous All-American (2016)
* ACC Athlete of the Year (2018)
* 2× ACC Player of the Year (2016, 2017)
* 2× ACC Offensive Player of the Year (2016, 2017)
* 2× First-team All-ACC (2016, 2017)
* Louisville Cardinals Ring of Honor
* Louisville Cardinals #8 retired
;NFL records
* Most single-season rushing yards by a quarterback: 1,206 (2019)
* Most single-season rushing attempts by a quarterback: 176 (2019)
* Most 1,000-yard rushing seasons by a quarterback: 2 (2019, 2020)
* Most games with a List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating, perfect passer rating in the same season (he is tied with Ben Roethlisberger): 2 (2019)
* Most games with 100 rushing yards by a quarterback: 12
- **statseason**: 2023
- **statweek**: 2
- **statlabel1**: Passing attempts
- **statvalue1**: 1,710
- **statlabel2**: Passing completions
- **statvalue2**: 1,096
- **statlabel3**: Completion percentage
- **statvalue3**: 64.1%
- **statlabel4**: Touchdown, TD–Interception, INT
- **statvalue4**: 103–39
- **statlabel5**: Passing yards
- **statvalue5**: 12,615
- **statlabel6**: Passer rating
- **statvalue6**: 96.8
- **statlabel7**: Rushing yards
- **statvalue7**: 4,529
- **statlabel8**: Rushing touchdowns
- **statvalue8**: 24
- **nfl**: lamar-jackson
- **pfr**: JackLa00