Q:Facts: - statlabel: receptions receiving yards receiving tds - weight: 235 - number: 81 - position: tight end - heightin: 3 - statvalue: 27 240 2 - heightft: 6 - college: menlo - birth date: 4 june 1979 - name: nate jackson - nfl: jac428455 - pastteamsnote: yes - birth place: san jose , california - undraftedyear: 2002 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nate jackson .
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nathan ross '' nate '' jackson -lrb- born june 4 , 1979 -rrb- is a writer and former american football tight end .he was signed by the san francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2002 and went on to play six seasons for the denver broncos .he played college football at menlo college .his writing about the nfl has appeared in '' slate '' , '' deadspin '' , '' the daily beast '' , '' the new york times '' and '' the wall street journal '' .his memoir '' slow getting up : a story of nfl survival from the bottom of the pile '' was released by harpercollins on september 17 , 2013 .