Lamar Jackson: College football career, stats, highlights, records

2019 NFL MVP Lamar Jackson received the very best particular person honors in school soccer and the NFL within the span of 4 seasons, after having received the Heisman Trophy in 2016. Jackson was some of the electrifying gamers in latest reminiscence, if not within the historical past of the game.

Here is extra on Lamar Jackson’s school profession.

The vitals on Lamar Jackson

College: Louisville
Place: Quarterback
Peak: 6-3
Weight: 211 kilos
Years energetic: 2015-17

Listed here are Lamar Jackson’s profession stats at Louisville. Scroll to the suitable to view the entire stats.

The place did Lamar Jackson go to school?

Lamar Jackson attended Louisville, which he selected over scholarship gives from Florida, Mississippi State and Nebraska.

What sort of prospect was Lamar Jackson in highschool?

Jackson was ranked the No. 409 prospect within the 2015 recruiting class, based on the 247Sports Composite rankings, together with the No. 12 dual-threat quarterback and No. 60 prospect in Florida.

What was Lamar Jackson’s document in school?

Lamar Jackson’s Cardinals went 24-14, together with a 9-3 common season in 2016, adopted by an 8-4 marketing campaign in 2017. Louisville made a bowl sport in every of Jackson’s three seasons enjoying for the Cardinals.

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Information set by Lamar Jackson

Lamar Jackson’s title seems within the FBS document e book 19 instances, continuously in statistical classes that contain his explosive dual-threat capacity as a passer and runner.

Listed here are the FBS information and rankings held by Jackson.

• Most consecutive video games throwing for 300 yards and speeding for 100 yards: Two video games — Purdue, Sept. 2, 2017; North Carolina, Sept. 9, 2017
• Accountable for one in all 12 performances in FBS historical past with 400 yards and rush for 100 yards in the identical sport: 407 passing yards, 162 speeding yards vs. Syracuse, Sept. 9, 2016
• Accountable for one in all 17 performances in FBS historical past with 200 yards and rush for 200 yards in the identical sport: 227 passing yards, 226 speeding yards vs. Texas A&M, Dec. 30, 2015
• Accountable for two of the 35 seasons in FBS historical past with 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 speeding yards: 3,660 passing yards, 1,601 speeding yards in 2017; 3,543 passing yards, 1,571 speeding yards in 2016
• Considered one of 17 gamers in FBS historical past to go for 40 touchdowns and rush for 40 touchdowns in a profession: 69 passing touchdowns, 50 speeding touchdowns
• Considered one of 23 gamers in FBS historical past liable for passing for 200 factors and speeding for 200 factors in a profession: 414 factors from passing, 300 factors from speeding
• Considered one of 47 gamers in FBS historical past with 4,000 passing yards and a couple of,000 speeding yards in a profession: 9,043 passing yards and 4,132 speeding yards
• 2017 FBS chief in whole offense: 5,261 yards
• Sixth, seventh in FBS historical past in speeding yards in a season by a quarterback: 1,601 speeding yards in 2017, 1,571 speeding yards in 2016
• Sixth in FBS historical past in profession speeding yards by a quarterback: 4,132 speeding yards
• Seventh in FBS historical past in profession yards per sport: 346.7 yards/sport
• tenth, twenty first in FBS historical past in whole yards in a season: 5,261 yards in 2017, 5,114 yards in 2016
• T-Eleventh, twenty second in FBS historical past in season yards per sport: 404.7 yards/sport in 2017, 393.4 yards/sport in 2016
• T-Seventeenth in FBS historical past in whole yards in a sport: 610 yards — 411 passing yards, 199 speeding yards vs. Syracuse, Sept. 9, 2016
• twentieth in FBS historical past in whole profession yards: 13,175 yards

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What have been a few of Lamar Jackson’s finest video games in school?

In Jackson’s first school sport, he accomplished 9-of-20 passes for 100 yards and an interception. He ran for extra yards than he threw for, with 106 speeding yards and a landing on 16 makes an attempt. He had 5 video games with no less than 100 speeding yards in 12 video games as a freshman, capped off by a 227-passing yards, 226-rushing yard, four-total landing efficiency towards Texas A&M within the Music Metropolis Bowl. His first huge passing sport got here on the highway towards Florida State, the place he threw for 307 yards and three touchdowns in a loss.

Jackson constructed on his Music Metropolis Bowl success with a Heisman Trophy-winning marketing campaign in 2016, which began with eight whole touchdowns towards Charlotte in Louisville’s season-opener. He accomplished 17-of-23 passes for 286 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 119 speeding yards and two extra touchdowns on the bottom.

He ran for 4 touchdowns in every of his subsequent two video games towards Syracuse and Florida State, together with a season-high 199 speeding yards towards Syracuse, whereas he additionally threw for 411 yards towards the Orange.

Jackson had 417 passing yards and 5 touchdowns, together with 62 speeding yards and two speeding touchdowns towards Marshall. In a highway journey to Clemson, he accomplished 27-of-44 makes an attempt for 295 yards, one landing and one interception, plus 162 speeding yards on 31 makes an attempt and two speeding touchdowns.

After throwing for 361 yards and 4 touchdowns in a highway win towards Virginia, Jackson confronted Boston School on the highway, the place he accomplished 12-of-17 makes an attempt for 231 yards, 4 touchdowns and one interception, plus 185 speeding yards and three speeding touchdowns.

In his junior season, Jackson opened the season with three consecutive 300-plus-yard performances towards Purdue (378 yards, two touchdowns), North Carolina (393 yards, three touchdowns) and Clemson (317 yards, three touchdowns, one interception). He additionally had 132 speeding yards and three scores on the bottom towards the Tar Heels.

He completed the 2017 season on a streak of seven video games with no less than 100 speeding yards, together with 5 with no less than 150 yards. He rushed for 180 yards and three scores towards Boston School, 178 yards and a landing towards Florida State, 161 yards and three touchdowns towards Wake Forest, 147 yards and a rating towards Virginia, 111 yards and a pair of touchdowns towards Syracuse, 156 yards towards rival Kentucky and 158 yards and a rating towards Mississippi State.

What awards and honors did Lamar Jackson win in school?

• 2018 ACC Athlete of the Yr
• 2017 ACC Participant of the Yr
• 2017 ACC Offensive Participant of the Yr
• 2016 Heisman Trophy winner
• 2016 Related Press Participant of the Yr
• 2016 Walter Camp Award winner
• 2016 Maxwell Award winner
• 2016 Sporting Information Participant of the Yr
• 2016 unanimous All-American
• 2016 ACC Participant of the Yr
• 2016 ACC Offensive Participant of the Yr

What did folks say about Lamar Jackson?

The Courier-Journal (Sept. 2015): “Louisville freshman wideout Jaylen Smith calls his roommate, ‘probably the most thrilling quarterback in school soccer proper now.’ He says Jackson can throw the ball 85 yards ‘straightforward’ and with velocity that requires fixed readiness from his receivers. But it’s velocity and acceleration that make Lamar Jackson particular. Already an city legend for beating NBA star Rajon Rondo in an off-the-cuff dash, Jackson enhanced his status for making tracks with each deliberate and improvised runs towards Auburn.”

Former Louisville coach Bobby Petrino (Sept. 2015): “We all the time have a sideline take a look at in recruiting. A working again, receiver or quarterback (is) working the ball they usually get to the sideline they usually get cornered by two or three guys. Does he get hit, knocked down, or is he a man that slips previous them and stays up? There a whole lot of instances you take a look at how laborious does the man get hit, how huge (of) hits do they take? Lamar ran the ball various instances (16) and did not actually get hit that arduous any time he ran it.”

Tim Sullivan of The Courier-Journal (Sept. 2015): “When Lamar Jackson scored his second landing Saturday evening, it was from a distance of 13 yards and with a cutback burst designed to interrupt hearts, wills and ankles. Louisville’s freshman quarterback has a gear Samford does not typically see and the maneuverability to match. He ran for 184 yards and two touchdowns in U of L’s 45-3 stampede Saturday evening, sharing time and but separating himself, bringing readability to Bobby Petrino’s muddled quarterback query and aid to Cardinal followers who have been starting to surprise what it felt prefer to win.”

Tallahassee Democrat (Oct. 2015): “The true freshman is arguably the quickest quarterback within the nation, with a 73-yard run to his credit score already this season. His longest go of the season is 36 yards.”

ESPN’s Lee Corso (Sept. 2016): “That Lamar Jackson is unbelievable. He is the closest factor I’ve seen to Michael Vick. He is most likely higher than Michael Vick. He is the important thing to the sport.”

The Courier-Journal (Sept. 2016): “Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson’s breakout onto the nationwide school soccer scene will attain one other degree of fame and visibility this week – that of Sports activities Illustrated cowl boy. Jackson, the early Heisman Trophy favourite who led U of L to a 63-20 blowout of Florida State, shall be on the duvet of the venerable sports activities journal with an accompanying retailer from school soccer author Andy Staples. He is the primary U of L soccer participant ever to be on the SI cowl.”

Jeff Greer of The Courier-Journal (Oct. 2016): “For a lot of the second half in Saturday’s thrilling Clemson-Louisville showdown, Lamar Jackson regarded like he was having his ‘Heisman Second,’ the stretch of electrifying, sensational play that defines a participant’s standout season in his staff’s standout victory. Jackson, U of L’s shifty quarterback who accounted for 457 yards of offense and three touchdowns, was all over the place within the Playing cards’ frenetic comeback in Dying Valley. His 300-plus second-half yards helped engineer Louisville’s rally from a 28-10 deficit, along with his 11-yard landing giving U of L (4-1) an eight-point lead with 7:52 to play.”

Ralph Russo of the Related Press (Oct. 2016): “After one month there is just one query with regards to the Heisman Trophy: Can anyone catch Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson within the race to school soccer’s most prestigious participant of the 12 months award? With sufficient video games within the books and a transparent image of the sphere rising, the AP begins its Heisman Watch with Jackson holding a commanding lead.”

Kentucky’s Jordan Jones (Nov. 2016): “We weren’t enjoying Louisville as we speak. We have been enjoying Lamar Jackson. You shut him down, you shut down the staff.”

Steve Jones of The Courier-Journal (Dec. 2016): “Lamar Jackson, welcome formally to legendary standing. The College of Louisville sophomore quarterback received the Heisman Trophy on Saturday evening because the nation’s most excellent school soccer participant and earned everlasting inclusion into the pantheon of the game. Sporting a purple blazer and black bow tie to match his faculty colours, Jackson accepted the enduring bronze statue throughout a ceremony on the Ps Theater in Occasions Sq., turning into U of L’s first Heisman winner.”