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Former New Orleans Saints All-Pro Linebacker Rickey Jackson joins SportsLoop

10/1/2008 Former New Orleans Saints All-Pro Linebacker Rickey Jackson joins SportsLoop. A Hall of Fame candidate, Rickey will be responsible for all phases of player recruitment and placement.

Rickey Jackson serves as the Senior Director of Player Development for SportsLoop. In that capacity, Rickey works on identifying players who have the capacity to succeed in the NFL and assists SportsLoop's clients in implementing the most effective strategy to achieve that goal.

Rickey was an elite linebacker in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints (1981-1993) and the San Francisco 49ers (1994-1995). He has been inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame. Jackson won a Super Bowl ring with the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX one year before retiring.

A six-time Pro Bowl selection (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993), Jackson recorded 10 or more sacks in six different seasons and led the NFL in fumble recoveries in 1990 and 1991. He finished his career with 136 (8 unofficial in 1981) sacks and 8 interceptions, which he returned for 68 yards. He also recovered 29 fumbles. At the time of his retirement, his 28 defensive fumble recoveries were the second most in NFL history behind Jim Marshall's 29.

Drafted in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft (53rd overall) from the University of Pittsburgh, Jackson was a member of the first Bum Phillips draft. He played in all 16 games his rookie season.

In 2007 he was named to the Florida High School Association All-Century Team which selected the Top 33 players in the 100 year history of high school football in the state of Florida's history.

Jackson has been on the official ballot for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the past 8 years. He was a member of the Saints' famed "Dome Patrol", a four-man linebacking corps which the NFL Network ranked as the best in NFL history.

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