Tag: DeSean Jackson

Browns coaching fellow is the new OC of Delaware State

The Browns lose another coach this offseason

The Cleveland Browns are losing another member of their coaching staff. Browns coaching fellow Nyema “Nemo” Washington is leaving the team to become the offensive coordinator at Delaware State University according to TheOBR.com. Washington will serve under former All-Pro receiver DeSean Jackson who took command of the program in late December.

Washington was the Bill Willis diversity coaching fellow over the past two seasons, assisting the team on the offensive side of the ball. In 2023, he worked under Stump Mitchell and assisted the running backs. He was with the tight end group this season, including coaches Mike Vrabel and new offensive coordinator Tommy Rees.

Washington has an exciting opportunity to apply what he’s learned with the Browns. He will help rebuild a program that finished 1-11 last season. Delaware State plays in the competitive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, one of the two premiere conferences of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Washington has a lot of work ahead of him, but he’ll have support from the people he met in Bera. The Browns do a fantastic job of finding intelligent, and young coaches. They now must search for Washington’s replacement.

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Saints legend’s new dream: Leading his alma mater to a national championship

Reggie Bush led USC to a national championship as a player, and his newest desire is to deliver another college football title as a coach:

Reggie Bush made his name as one of the most electrifying college football players of all time at University of Southern California before being drafted by the New Orleans Saints. Bush is now looking to make his return to his alma mater but as a head coach.

There’s precedent for his hope.

Deion Sanders recently rose to prominence for excelling with limited coaching experience at Jackson State before moving to the University of Colorado. Tennessee State hired Eddie George in 2021. This past offseason, Michael Vick (Norfolk State) and Desean Jackson (Deleware State) were also hired.

Alabama State’s Eddie Robinson Jr. doesn’t have the profile of the previously mentioned players, but his journey is most reflective of Bush’s desires. Both men stayed connected to football after retirement through being involved in media. Most importantly, Robinson Jr. has been given the chance to lead his alma mater.

Bush’s ultimate goal is to “come back and be the head coach of USC at some point and help lead USC to a national championship.” His desire doesn’t just stop at USC. He reached out to Sacramento State about their vacancy this offseason as well.

Bush doesn’t have any experience coaching but likely sees other former players get opportunities with the same resume. Now that Bush has made his desire to coach known, he will be on the radar for any school trying to make that kind of splash. One thing to watch is will he try to build any coaching experience to make himself more attractive for head coaching openings. Maybe he’ll replace Lincoln Riley at USC some day, but for now he’s searching for his first opportunity to lead a program.

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Delaware State head coach DeSean Jackson on sidelines for Eagles vs. Packers wild card game

Delaware State head coach DeSean Jackson on sidelines for Eagles vs. Packers wild card game

The Eagles love to host college coaches on select NFL game days, and Sunday’s wild-card contest against Green Bay saw a new local head coach and former legendary receiver on the sidelines. Delaware State head coach and future Eagles Hall of Famer DeSean Jackson was on the sidelines for pregame activities.

Jackson and Michael Vick went from being teammates to rivals after the former Eagles became MEAC head coaches.

Jackson officially retired as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles last December.

A three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver with Philadelphia, Jackson was honored as the Honorary Captain of the Eagles showdown against the 49ers at Lincoln Financial Field.

Jackson is sixth in Eagles history with 379 catches and third with 6,512 receiving yards.

The Hornets lost 38-19 to Norfolk State in the MEAC last season.

Chiefs HC Andy Reid’s advice for former players starting their head coaching careers

Kansas City #Chiefs head coach Andy Reid’s advice for former players starting their head coaching careers | @EdEastonJr

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has inspired many former players to pursue coaching careers. He recently spoke with reporters about two more former players, DeSean Jackson and Michael Vick, who were named head coaches in college football.

“Listen, I’m proud of them (DeSean Jackson and Michael Vick). Michael’s – both of them have been kind of into that. DeSean, you know, he came up kind of close where I grew up, and so I know a lot of people that worked with him. His dad was real involved at that time, so I think it’s great to see him have an opportunity to do it.” said Reid. “I knew somewhere that was in his plan. Both of them are very smart, innately very smart, just they’ve been blessed that way. They don’t forget anything; they could handle a game plan like that (snaps), and I think they’ll do great as a head coach. They have good people skills, and recruiting is a big part of that.”

Vick, recently hired as Norfolk State’s head coach, received a congratulatory video message from Reid. DeSean Jackson, the new head coach of Delaware State University, also played under Reid in Philadelphia to start his playing career.

“I’ve been fortunate to stay in touch with both of them (DeSean Jackson and Michael Vick). I’ve had a chance to talk to the people that were hiring them, so it was – they have my full support,” said Reid. “I know they’re going to do great. The university is supporting them right now, which is a beautiful thing. They obviously went in there and impressed them, so that’s about half the battle. This whole recruiting thing, I don’t understand all that, but I know it’ll be a great challenge for all these guys, all these head coaches at the college level.”

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Reid could potentially lose some assistant coaches and coordinators this offseason as several NFL head coaching positions have opened up since the end of the regular season.

Report: Former Ravens WR DeSean Jackson nearing deal to become Delaware State head coach

Former Ravens WR DeSean Jackson is nearing a deal to become the new head football coach at Delaware State University

Desean Jackson and Michael Vick could go from teammates to rivals after Pete Thamel reports that the former Eagles wide receiver is finalizing a deal to become a head coach at Delaware State University.

Jeff Lightsy Jr first reported the news.

Jackson officially retired as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles last December.

A three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver with Philadelphia, Jackson was honored as the Honorary Captain of the Eagles showdown against the 49ers at Lincoln Financial Field.

Jackson is sixth in Eagles history with 379 catches and third with 6,512 receiving yards.

The Hornets suffered a 38-19 loss to Norfolk State in the MEAC competition last season, and the hire would ensure that Vick and Jackson face off once a season.

Report: Former Eagles WR DeSean Jackson nearing deal to become Delaware State head coach

Pete Thamel reports that former Eagles wide receiver Desean Jackson is nearing deal to become Delaware State head coach

Desean Jackson and Michael Vick could go from teammates to rivals after Pete Thamel reports that the former Eagles wide receiver is finalizing a deal to become a head coach at Delaware State University.

Jeff Lightsy Jr first reported the news.

Jackson officially retired as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles last December.

A three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver with Philadelphia, Jackson was honored as the Honorary Captain of the Eagles showdown against the 49ers at Lincoln Financial Field.

Jackson is sixth in Eagles history with 379 catches and third with 6,512 receiving yards.

The Hornets suffered a 38-19 loss to Norfolk State in the MEAC competition last season, and the hire would ensure that Vick and Jackson face off once a season.

Eagles’ social media team with distant replay for Giants

The Eagles’ social medial team landed a distant replay shot on the Giants

The Philadelphia Eagles head to MetLife Stadium and The Meadowlands on Sunday to face the New York Giants in an NFC East clash.

The social media team took time on Thursday to rekindle memories the Giants certainly want to forget from 2010.

Anyone who doesn’t remember what happened on the fateful day of Miracle at the Meadowlands II.

Scoring
Quarter Time Tm Detail PHI NYG
1 3:36 Giants Mario Manningham 35 yard pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick) 0 7
2 13:02 Eagles David Akers 34 yard field goal 3 7
8:17 Giants Mario Manningham 33 yard pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick) 3 14
0:48 Giants Lawrence Tynes 25 yard field goal 3 17
0:05 Giants Hakeem Nicks 8 yard pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick) 3 24
3 3:56 Eagles Jeremy Maclin 8 yard pass from Michael Vick (David Akers kick) 10 24
4 8:17 Giants Kevin Boss 8 yard pass from Eli Manning (Lawrence Tynes kick) 10 31
7:28 Eagles Brent Celek 65 yard pass from Michael Vick (David Akers kick) 17 31
5:28 Eagles Michael Vick 4 yard rush (David Akers kick) 24 31
1:16 Eagles Jeremy Maclin 13 yard pass from Michael Vick (David Akers kick) 31 31
0:00 Eagles DeSean Jackson 65 yard punt return (David Akers kick) 38 31

They didn’t dredge this one up … yet.

Former Pro Bowl WR on Bills starting 2-0: ‘Didn’t see this coming’

Former Pro Bowl WR on #Bills starting 2-0: ‘Didn’t see this coming’

The Buffalo Bills have been perfect through two weeks of the 2024 NFL season, and many didn’t know that the Bills still had it in them to be among the best in the league.

We’ve already seen multiple members of the national media express their shock and surprise at what they’ve seen the Bills do through two weeks.

The latest to pivot their stance on this year’s Buffalo Bills is former NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson. Jackson joined Kay Adams on the “Up & Adams Show” to share his surprise at the performance of Buffalo so far this season:

“I honestly didn’t see this coming,” he said. “Obviously, I knew Josh Allen was a hell of a quarterback… [but] they let go of their whole defense, they let go of Stefon [Diggs], they let go of [Gabe] Davis… I mean it’s crazy. It’s mind-boggling to me how they’re playing.

“How you let go of your top two receivers, all these dudes… [Jordan] Poyer, [Micah] Hyde… you let go of all these dudes and y’all are playing lights-out football. It hurts me a little bit because this offseason I was on some media shows and I bashed them. I didn’t think they were gonna be good.”

Jackson surely wasn’t alone in dismissing the Bills’ chances this year. Many saw it as a “rebuild year”, and rightfully so given the changes made on the roster by the front office, but head coach Sean McDermott and the Bills team have always performed best when counted out.

Many have somehow forgotten the adversity the Bills overcame just last year. Through twelve games the Bills were 6-6, out of the playoff picture, and had just fired offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey. Then, under the direction of McDermott and newly-promoted OC Joe Brady, the Bills rattled off five straight wins, finishing 11-6 and winning the AFC East for the fourth consecutive year.

So, it’s not Jackson’s fault that he completely overlooked the Bills. On paper, the offseason looked like a mess, but now the Bills have youth all over their starting offense and defense, and after just two weeks, the Bills are way ahead of schedule.

Many national media outlets already have the Bills among the very best in the league in their latest power rankings, some even as high number two in the NFL.

Jackson’s full segment on the Bills can be found in the clip below:

Davante Adams fires back at DeSean Jackson claim he’s unhappy with Raiders ‘complete BS’

‘Complete BS’: Davante Adams fires back at rumors he’s unhappy with Raiders

Here we go again. The rumors are heating up again that Davante Adams is not happy with the Raiders. Last April, rumors surfaced he was looking to get out of Vegas, presumably to be traded after the start of the league year in March. He responded to that rumor by simply saying “If I wanted to be gone, I’d be gone.”

Now here we are less than five months later and the rumors have started up again. This time courtesy of DeSean Jackson who appeared on The Herd and said Adams told him he’s not happy.

“Me and Davante we’ve talked,” Jackson said. “I hate to do it because I don’t want to be the guy that says ‘DJax says this, and said that’, but at the end of the day he is unhappy. I mean you go from Aaron Rodgers then you come to the Las Vegas Raiders. You had not only Jimmy G and your boy Carr and it didn’t really work out.”

That was two weeks ago, and Adams has been sitting on it, not wanting to make more of a story of it than there was already. But when asked about the comments Wednesday, he didn’t hold back in his response.

“Whatever has been put out there lately is complete BS,” Adams said of the rumors he is unahppy. “I’ve never talked to Desean Jackson about one thing, . . In terms of me being upset or not being happy in this organization, it’s just a bunch of BS that’s just meant to throw everybody off and get clickbait.”

From the sounds of what DeSean Jackson said, he was getting much of his opinion on Davante’s situation from watching the Netflix show Receiver that showed Adams getting frustrated during last season with the offensive struggles in the first part of the season and his not getting the ball enough.

That, naturally, made some people wonder if Adams would want to stick around for the rebuild. Then after not getting a franchise quarterback in the draft and Davante chopping it up with his old QB Aaron Rodgers in the offseason, that could cause some speculation. But speculation and claiming to actually have spoken with someone about it are different things.

In the end, Adams just reiterated what he said back in April.

“Everybody wants to see what Davante Adams has got to say, and he’s pissed off in in Vegas,” he added. “If I was pissed off, I mean I wouldn’t be here right now.”

WATCH: Aaron Donald chooses between DeSean Jackson or LeSean McCoy to start a team

Aaron says he would choose LeSean McCoy over DeSean Jackson if he had to pick one player to start a football team with

LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson are two of the most dynamic weapons in NFL history, but which player would you start an NFL team with? Aaron Donald was a guest on the 25/10 show and was asked which player he’d start a team with.

Donald took a second to think through his answer and decided on Shady McCoy because of his ability to turn negative plays into explosive ones.

LeSean McCoy is arguably the most excellent running back in Eagles franchise history, and he’ll be honored this coming season during the team’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Philadelphia used a second-round pick (53rd overall) in the 2009 NFL Draft on McCoy, and he became the franchise’s all-time leader in rushing yards (6,792 yards). A three-time Pro Bowl back (2011, 2013-14) and two-time All-Pro (2011, 2013) with the Eagles, McCoy recorded the third-most rushing touchdowns in team history (44), and he still holds the franchise record for the most rushing yards in a single season (1,607 yards in 2013).

McCoy set the team’s single-game rushing record with 217 yards during the iconic “Snow Bowl” in 2013, which became the standout running back’s signature performance.

Jackson formally retired as a member of the Eagles last season.

The three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver with Philadelphia was recognized as the Honorary Captain of the Game in front of a sold-out crowd at Lincoln Financial Field last December 3.

A 2008 second-round draft pick out of Cal (49th overall), Jackson spent eight of his 15 seasons in Philadelphia, where he garnered three Pro Bowl nods (2009, 2010, 2013) as a receiver and special teams standout.

In 95 career games with the Eagles, Jackson ranks third all-time in receiving yards (6,512), sixth in receptions (379), and ninth in receiving touchdowns (35).

As a punt returner, he finished second in punt returns (132) and third in punt return yards (1,296) and is the team’s all-time leader in punt return touchdowns (tied with Darren Sproles with four).

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