Frisman Jackson
Frisman Jackson is an American football coach and former player who is the wide receivers coach for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He previously served as a wide receivers coach at Baylor, Temple, NC State, Northern Illinois, Akron, and Western Illinois. Jackson also previously served as a wide receivers coach for the Tennessee Titans, Carolina Panthers, and Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football for the Western Illinois Leathernecks and signed as an undrafted free agent with Cleveland Browns in 2002.
Early life
Jackson, a South Side Chicago native, played high school football at Morgan Park High School on Chicago, where he played football, basketball, baseball, and ran track. He was an All-City and All-State quarterback in 1997. Jackson is considered by many to be one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the Chicago Public League.Playing career
College
Jackson is considered to be one of the best wide receivers to play at Western Illinois University. He holds single-game school records for both receptions and yards. During his college career he was also the team's starting quarterback through his junior year, where he holds the school's single-game rushing record among quarterbacks, with 109 yards. As a senior wide receiver, he caught 55 balls for 1,047 yards.Prior to playing at Western, Jackson was enrolled at Northern Illinois University as a quarterback. In 1997, Jackson became the first true freshman to start a football game at NIU since 1979 when he started against Kansas State, and he would go on to start 7 more games that year.