The official DeSean Jackson jihad begins in here thread.

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Sheriff Goodell: "Okay Raiders fans ... with the seventh overall pick, in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders, select ... DeSean Jackson, wide receiver, from Cal."

Endorsed,

Donovan
 
I'd take him at 15! :D

We're gonna be in the market for a WR.
 
Yeah, but it's awful hard to take a 165-pounder in the first round.

Yeah, there's Marvin Harrison. But there's also Desmond Howard.
 
http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/jackson_desean00.html


* DeSean Jackson

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Los Angeles, CA

High School:
Long Beach Poly HS

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 172

Position:
Wide Receiver

Birthdate:
12/01/1986

Experience:
2V

Major:
Social Welfare

the1towatch.com

2007 (through 9/22/07): Top candidate for the Heisman Trophy and recognized by many as the most exciting player in the nation ... dazzled fans with a career-best 73-yard end-around TD run in the win over Colorado State ... also snagged a season-best 25-yard reception against CSU ... added to his reputation in the season-opener against Tennessee with 143 yards on just six touches (23.8 yards per touch), including a 77-yard punt return touchdown - his sixth career PR TD...also had a 19-yard run in the win over the Volunteers ... for his career has 43 plays of 20 or more yards (25.9% of his 166 touches).

Entering 2007: Rated as the No. 1 receiver in the nation by The Sporting News and Rivals.com, as well as the No. 1 special teams player by Rivals ... Playboy Magazine Preseason All-American ... Mel Kiper tabbed him as the No. 1 junior receiver in the nation ... developed into one of the most exciting players in the nation as a threat for a big play every time he touches the ball ... 21 touchdowns in 24 career games ... Cal's leading receiver for each of his first two seasons and led the nation in punt return average and punt return TDs as a sophomore ... 19.2 percent of his career punt returns have gone for touchdowns (five TDs on 26 returns) ... has seven career 100-yard receiving games ... ranks third among returning players nationally in yards per catch for his career ... opened his career by scoring on his first collegiate pass reception and his first collegiate punt return.

2006: A first team All-Pac-10 selection as a wide receiver and as a punt returner ... first team All-America punt returner by the Associated Press, Walter Camp Foundation, the Football Writers Association of America, the Sporting News and Rivals.com ... captured the inaugural Randy Moss Award as the top return man in the nation ... led the nation with 18.2 yards per punt return ... ranked second in the Pac-10 with nine receiving touchdowns ... set school and Pac-10 records for season (4) and career punt return TDs (5) with a 95-yarder against Arizona ... had four 100-yard receiving games ... registered 28 plays of 20 or more yards ... Cal's top receiver against Arizona, catching six passes for 131 yards, including a career-long 62-yard TD, while returning a kickoff 26 yards to finish with 285 all-purpose yards ... had a 72-yard punt return for a TD against UCLA and caught three passes for 58 yards, including a 34-yarder ... collected seven passes for 127 yards against Stanford, including a 44-yard reception ... registered a 65-yard punt return TD and a 36-yard TD catch against Oregon ... tallied a team-best seven catches for 74 yards and a touchdown against Oregon State ... returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown against Arizona State ... also had four catches for 67 yards, including a 52-yarder, and a TD against the Sun Devils ... recorded 103 yards on five catches against Portland State ... hooked up with Nate Longshore for three touchdowns (2-yards, 48-yards and 11-yards) against Minnesota as he finished with 114 yards receiving ... tallied a team-best 87 receiving yards on four catches against Tennessee, including a 40-yard catch-dodge-and-run for a TD from Joe Ayoob ... led the Bears with five catches for 81 yards in the Holiday Bowl victory over Texas A&M ... also had five rushes for 19 yards and two kickoff returns for 38 yards.

2005: Led the Bears with 38 catches and 601 yards ... also topped Cal with seven touchdown receptions ... first career reception (and first collegiate touch of the football) resulted in a 31-yard touchdown reception vs. Sacramento State in the season opener ... his first collegiate punt return came in the same game and he took it 49 yards for another touchdown ... had three 100-yard receiving games ... credited with nine catches for 130 yards and a touchdown against New Mexico State and 10 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown against UCLA ... in the bowl game against BYU, tallied six catches for 130 yards and two touchdowns with the TD grabs covering 42 and 22 yards ... longest reception of the year was a 56-yard TD grab at Stanford for the first score of the game ... had five catches for 79 yards against Oregon State ... rushed the ball eight times for 48 yards, including a long of 17 at UCLA ... notched a 15-yard run vs. New Mexico State ... missed the Washington State game due to injury.

High School: One of the premier high school wide receivers in the nation ... Parade Magazine All-American ... named the 2004 Glenn Davis Award winner by the Los Angeles Times as Southern California's player of the year ... flagged down 60 passes for 1,075 yards for Long Beach Poly's CIF Southern Section championship team ... scored 15 touchdowns, eight which measured at least 60 yards or more, including two on punt returns ... the first incoming Cal player to win the Glenn Davis Award since running back Russell White captured the award for Crespi High School in 1987 ... voted Most Valuable Player of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, as he had seven receptions for 141 yards and passed for a 45-yard touchdown in leading the West squad to a 35-3 victory in a game that featured 80 of the nation's top players ... sparkled in the CaliFlorida Bowl game, posting five catches for 145 yards and one touchdown ... ESPN.com's Tom Lemming rated him as the No. 4 wide receiver in the country, PrepStar selected him an All-American and a member of its Dream Team Top 100 players, and Calhisports.com voted him the 2004 Mr. Football State Player of the Year ... SuperPrep ranked him No. 21 in its Elite 50 players in the nation and No. 4 player in the state of California ... Rivals.com rated him the No. 3 player in the Golden State and the No. 32 player in the USA ... in the CIF title game, he was a last-minute replacement on defense and responded with two interceptions, one which he returned 68 yards for a touchdown to help fuel Long Beach Poly's 21-6 victory over Los Alamitos High ... as a junior, hunted down 43 passes for 821 yards and 11 touchdowns in earning first team accolades ... a two-time member of the famed Long Beach Press-Telegram "Best in the West" first team.

Personal: Parents are Gayle and Bill Jackson ... considered an outstanding baseball player with big-league potential ... brother, Byron, played professional football with the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs in 1992-93 ... owns 4.3 speed in the 40-yard dash *coughcoughAl* ... born Dec. 1, 1986 ... intends to major in social welfare.
 
fvck that. I'd never bite on that from an odds stand point. As Jack stated, A WR built at that capacity is a dangerous gamble even in the 2nd round. Jihad it til you turn blue. But i'd be worried about dropping a pick that high on him.
 
We are drafting Mario Manningham in round 2, so we dont need em.

Dorsey/Long/Baker round 1

Manningham round 2

I got it all planned out.
 
BigTron said:
We are drafting Mario Manningham in round 2, so we dont need em.
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DeSean Jackson > Mario Michigan

HB's 160-185 lb WR rankings:

1) DeSean Jackson
2) Harry Douglas
3) Mario Michigan


I'll go on record as saying DeSean's weight isn't going to be much of a factor in the NFL... He'll be played off the line at split end and has the kind of immediate burst that deters bump and run coverage...
 
hawaiianboy said:
DeSean Jackson > Mario Michigan

HB's 160-185 lb WR rankings:

1) DeSean Jackson
2) Harry Douglas
3) Mario Michigan


I'll go on record as saying DeSean's weight isn't going to be much of a factor in the NFL... He'll be played off the line at split end and has the kind of immediate burst that deters bump and run coverage...
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Ill give that to you. But i think Mario Manningham is a better deep ball guy to compliment JR. I hope he last until round 2.
 
http://www.footballsfuture.com/2008/prospects/desean_jackson.html

DeSean Jackson WR 6' 172 Cal Jr.

By: Robert Davis

Long Beach Poly High School has turned out some fine football players, and Jackson is the latest to be knocking on the NFL’s door. As a freshman, he burst onto the scene making an immediate impact with 38 catches for 601 yards and seven touchdowns. As a sophomore last year, he emerged as one of the best receivers in the country, finishing with 59 catches for 1,060 yards and nine touchdowns, along with averaging 18.2 yards per punt return. He returned four punts for touchdowns as well.

Jackson is electric with the ball in his hands. Any time he touches it, he is a threat to put six on the board. He has fantastic quickness, and the ability to start and stop on a dime. He can make people miss, and quickly regain his speed to run away from defenders. Jackson is also a standout as a punt returner, and brings big time playmaking ability in that area as well.

Size is the major issue with Jackson. He does not appear to be as big as his listed size.(<------ I don't agree with that...) He lacks the bulk to go over the middle and take a hit (somewhat of a concern...), and can be taken out of a play by physical corners. His height is also only average, and he may have trouble going up and getting the ball against corners because of his overall lack of size.

Jackson may have some size limitations but his playmaking ability is rare. He is a player you have to account for, and he will be very attractive if he declares for the draft.
 
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