Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson tragically passed away following a car accident in Alabama on Sunday night, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (Twitter link). Jackson was 36 years old.
A second-round pick in the 2006 draft, Jackson made 36 appearances for the Vikings over five seasons, including 12 starts in 2007. He signed with the Seahawks in 2011 and served as Seattle’s full-time starter for that entire campaign. Following a season as a reserve in Buffalo in 2012, Jackson returned to the Seahawks and backed up Russell Wilson for three years.
All told, Jackson made 34 NFL starts and completed 59.6% of his passes for 7,263 yards, 39 touchdowns, and 35 interceptions. He earned a Super Bowl ring as a member of the Seahawks in 2013. In 2018, Jackson accepted a role as a graduate assistant at Alabama State, his alma mater, before becoming Tennessee State’s quarterbacks coach in 2019.
PFR extends its deepest condolences to Jackson’s family and friends.
definitely not a good year for sports
This year can just go to hell
Seriously….. 2020 has been awful.
already has
Yeah. 2020 has sucked.
Rip
I have fond memories playing as the Vikings in Madden 09 and carving up defenses with the trio of Jackson, Peterson, and Rice. RIP T Jack
RIP TJax.
Wow
condolences to the Jackson family. Hopefully he didn’t have any kids that would now grow up w/o their father. R.I.P.
Wife and 3 small children
Omgosh I am sooo sorry, I still have him in my ps2 game. Loved playing with him. He was good QB I am so sorry wow this yr is off to a rough start. God bless 3everybody hope you all are safe and dont have the virus. I have to work, which is good but not. They are not following Trumps or Hogans stuff. But God bless all and RIP Jackson. ☹☹
Take care and be well, Jcool90.
Nooo… It can’t be… Man, I’m not even a Seahawks or Vikings fan (or Bills when he was there) but I’ve seen this guy around for so long… RIP man! You were a good QB while you were in the NFL. We’ll miss you…
As a Bills fan he did bring some excitement, what a shame. RIP
RIP TJ
Was a perfect back up for Wilson. Seemed to be a great teammate. Always had a smile and looked like he was having fun. The 12’s will miss him RIP once a Seahawk always a Hawk. Condolences to the family.
This is a terrible tragedy. I don’t mean to be disrespectful in any way but I have to wonder why the death of Tom Dempsey wasn’t worthy of mention on this site.
It prob should have been. He was a former NFL player. So yeah. But comment somewhere else on that. Irrelevant to the sad news of TJ. Rip