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 receptions for 2,172 yard and twenty-four touchdowns—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.
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