Lawrence Jackson Lawrence Jackson ( born August 30 , 1985 ) is an American football defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft . He played college football at USC . He is referred to as LJ or LoJack . High school career . Jackson played football and ran track at Inglewood High School in Inglewood , California . In 2002 , Jackson was a consensus prep All - America , All - West , All - State , All - City and All - League selection as well as his leagues MVP . He had 142 tackles , with 11 sacks , plus 4 fumble recoveries and 2 interceptions in 2002 while playing defensive line and middle linebacker . As a junior in 2001 , he was All - City and All - League and his league ' s Defensive Player of the Year . He had 134 tackles , including 22 sacks , plus 2 interceptions ( 1 returned for a TD ) , 7 forced fumbles , 3 fumble recoveries and 3 blocked kicks in 2001 . Inglewood made it to the 2001 CIF Division X semi - finals . During his 2000 sophomore season , Inglewood advanced to the CIF Division X finals . For his career , he had 57 sacks . College career . Jackson played college football for the University of Southern California and was a 4 - year starter for the Trojans starting 51 of 52 games . Philip Rivers ( NC State ) is the only other player in NCAA history to start 51 games . In 2007 Jackson was an AP All - American second team selection , Collegefootballnews . com All - American third - team , All - Pac - 10 first team ( making it for the second time after being so honored in 2005 ) , ESPN . com All - Pac - 10 first team , Collegefootballnews . com All - Pac - 10 first team , and the Rivals . com All - Pac - 10 first team . Jackson was on the 2007 Street and Smiths and Phil Steele ' s preseason All - American first team and on the Ted Hendricks Award and Bednarik Award watch lists . He was on the 2006 Lombardi Award , Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch lists and 2006 Athlon and Street & Smith ' s Walter Camp preseason All - American . He fell to Second - team Rivals . com and coaches All - Pac - 10 in 2006 . He totaled only 4 sacks in 2006 , off from his first two years at USC . He led the team with 10 sacks in 2005 . He also had 46 tackles . He was a 2005 Rivals . com Third - team All - America n . He was First - team All - Pac - 10 and on ESPN ' s First - team All - Pac - 10 team . Jackson started at defensive end as a redshirt freshman in 2004 . He played in 13 games ( 12 starts ) . He made the 2004 Collegefootballnews . com Freshman All - American first team , The Sporting News and Rivals . com Freshman All - American second teams . He had 32 tackles ( 11 for a loss ) and 6 sacks . Jackson redshirted as a true freshman in 2003 . He won USC ' s Service Team Defensive Player of the Year award . After the season , he had arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle to remove debris . NFL career . Seattle Seahawks . Jackson was selected with the 28th pick in the 2008 NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks . He was the fourth defensive end taken in the first round ( behind Chris Long , Vernon Gholston , and Derrick Harvey ) . Jackson had a disappointing 2008 season as he finished with 29 tackles and 2 sacks . However , he did play every game of the season . After the season , Jackson said that he is looking to improve . Detroit Lions . On August 18 , 2010 , Jackson was traded to the Detroit Lions for a 6th round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft . Jackson finished the 2010 season with 34 tackles and 6 sacks , along with a forced fumble while playing only 11 games as the Lions finished 6 - 10 . Jackson was not able to replicate the same results in 2011 or 2012 , posting a combined 46 tackles and 7 sacks over the two seasons .