Former NFL running back Brandon Jackson is entering his first season as the running backs coach at Austin Peay after one season as the receivers coach at Tusculum.
Prior to his arrival to Tusculum, Jackson served as the wide receivers coach at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa where he also worked with special teams, recruiting and academic advising in the spring of 2017. He coached in the high school and middle school ranks before advancing to Briar Cliff.
Jackson played six NFL seasons; four for the Green Bay Packers and two for the Cleveland Browns. The Packers selected him in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft.
In his final year in Green Bay, he helped propel the Packers to a victory in Super Bowl XLV. In 54 career games, he rushed for 1,383 yards and seven touchdowns. He also caught 112 passes for 864 yards and two scores. The Packers won two NFC North Division titles and one NFC Championship while Jackson was a member of the squad
Jackson played for the University of Nebraska, rushing for 1,431 rushing yards in his collegiate career. He earned a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and was a tabbed to the 2006 Brooke Beringer Citizenship Team.
Jackson, a native of Detroit, Michigan, completed his bachelor’s degree in 2016 at the University of Ashford’s Forbes School of Business where he graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors.
Jackson and his wife Brandy have one son, Brandon, Jr. and two daughters, Braylyn and Brayelle.
The Jackson File
College: Nebraska, 2007
Coaching:
2018 – Austin Peay (Running Backs)
2017 – Tusculum (Wide Receivers Receivers)
NFL Playing Career:
2011-12 – Cleveland Browns
2007-10 – Green Bay Packers
Healy on Jackson: “He’s young in the profession, but his experience playing in the National Football League and in college has been through the roof. I think he has tons of energy, our kids have related really well to him, they respect his playing career and they also understand what a bright, up-and-coming coaching star he is in this profession.”
