Willie Jackson ( American football ) Willie Bernard Jackson , Jr . ( born August 16 , 1971 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League ( NFL ) for eight seasons during the 1990s and 2000s . Jackson played college football for the University of Florida , and thereafter , he played professionally for the Jacksonville Jaguars , the Cincinnati Bengals , the New Orleans Saints , the Atlanta Falcons and the Washington Redskins of the NFL . Early life . Jackson was born in Gainesville , Florida in 1971 . He attended P . K . Yonge High School in Gainesville , where he was standout high school football player for the P . K . Yonge Blue Wave . College career . Jackson received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville , where he played for coach Steve Spurrier ' s Florida Gators football team from 1990 to 1993 . Jackson led the team in receiving in 1991 and 1992 , and was a first - team All - Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) selection in 1992 , and an " honorable mention " All - American in 1991 , 1992 and 1993 . Memorably , he had 148 receiving yards against the Notre Dame in the 1992 Sugar Bowl and 130 yards against the West Virginia mountaineers in the 1993 Sugar Bowl . He finished his four - season college career with 162 reception s for 2 , 172 yard and twenty - four touchdown s — still fifth on the Gators ' all - time receiving yardage list . He also earned varsity letters playing for the Florida Gators men ' s basketball team in 1990 and 1991 . Jackson graduated from Florida with a bachelor ' s degree in telecommunications in 1993 , and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a " Gator Great " in 2008 . Professional career . Jackson had a well - traveled NFL career . The Dallas Cowboys selected him in the fourth round ( 109th pick overall ) of the 1994 NFL Draft , but Jackson saw no playing time for the Cowboys during the season . In 1995 , the NFL ' s two new expansion teams , the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars , participated in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft , an opportunity to pick unprotected players from the rosters of the existing NFL teams . The Jaguars picked Jackson from the Cowboys ' unprotected list as the twenty - first overall pick in the expansion draft , and he played for the Jaguars for the following three seasons from to , compiling 103 catches for 1 , 281 yards and ten touchdowns . He then played two seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals from to , but he saw little action and diminished production . Arguably his best two - year stint followed with the New Orleans Saints from to , peaking with his best professional year in — eighty - one catches for 1 , 046 yards and five touchdowns in sixteen starts . The following year with the Atlanta Falcons ( ) , he saw little playing time and was traded to the Washington Redskins mid - season , finishing his career with his former college coach , Steve Spurrier , then head coach of the Redskins . Jackson finished his eight - season NFL career with 284 receptions for 3 , 641 yards and twenty - four touchdowns . Gator football family . Jackson ' s younger brother , Terry Jackson , was a tailback for the Gators from 1995 to 1998 , and played running back and special teams for the San Francisco 49ers from to . His father , Willie Jackson , Sr . , led the Gators in all - purpose yards and kick - off returns in the early 1970s , and was one of the team ' s first two African - American players in 1970 . All three Jacksons wore jersey number " 22 " for the Gators .