One of the most zapping players in NFL history, DeSean Jackson will formally resign as an individual from the Philadelphia Hawks on Friday, December 1. The three-time Star Bowl wide recipient – all with Philadelphia – will be perceived as the Privileged Commander of the Game before a sold-out swarm at Lincoln Monetary Field on Sunday, December 3.
“DeSean Jackson was a powerful playmaker who enamored Hawks fans with his game-breaking speed, one of a kind range of abilities, and touchy play,” said Jeffrey Lurie, Philadelphia Birds Director and Chief. “What compelled DeSean genuinely stand apart during his refined 15-year vocation was his capacity to make wonderful plays look normal.
We as a whole recollect him gathering up the football in New York on that portentous night in December 2010 and drifting his direction into the end zone for what is presently broadly alluded to as the ‘Wonder at the New Meadowlands.’ We are excited to invite DeSean back and anticipate praising his authority retirement as a Falcon on Sunday when he fills in as our Privileged Commander of the Game.”
Initially a second-round draft pick (49th generally) of the Hawks in the 2008 NFL Draft, Jackson burned through eight of his 15 seasons in Philadelphia, where he gathered three Expert Bowl gestures (2009, 2010, 2013) as a double danger in offense and extraordinary groups.
In 95 vocation games with the Falcons, he positions third all-time in getting yards (6,512), 6th in gatherings (379), and ninth in getting scores (35). As a dropkick returner, he completed second in dropkick returns (132), third in dropkick return yards (1,296), and is the group’s unsurpassed forerunner in dropkick return scores (attached Darren Sproles with four).
Jackson additionally played for Washington, Tampa Straight, Baltimore, Las Vegas and the Los Angeles Rams. He showed up in seven customary season games for L.A. in 2021, and despite the fact that he wasn’t with the group in the end of the season games, he actually procured a Super Bowl ring.