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| Jackson is leaving the California sun for the beaches of Florida. |
In the first day of NFL free agency and an abundance of transactions making headlines, Jackson was one of them, signing a five-year, $55.5 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It has been reported the contract contains $26 million guaranteed -- the same amount Jackson will be paid over the first two years of the deal, receiving the remaining $36 million over the final three years. The 6-foot-5 Jackson is coming off one of his best seasons.
A year after playing in a career-low five games due to a nearly season-long holdout, Jackson was smacked with the franchise tag, but showed his worth, catching 60 passes for San Diego in 2011, accumulating for 1,106 yards and tying a career-high with nine touchdowns.
It was the third time in his career he had totaled more than 1,000 yards in a season -- all coming in the last four years.
However, Jackson's best season came in 2009 when he was selected to his only Pro Bowl. That season the former Northern Colorado standout, along with his nine touchdowns, set career-highs in receptions (68), yards per game (77.8) and yards (1,167). Oddly enough that was the last time the Chargers made the postseason.
Since being drafted in the second-round of the 2005 NFL Draft, Jackson has played in 91 games for San Diego, caught over 270 passes -- 272 to be exact -- totaled 4,754 yards and 37 TDs.
But now with Jackson's departure, it leaves the Chargers with numerous holes at the wide receiver position.
If you take away Jackson's 60 receptions last season, quarterback Phillip Rivers only completed 88 of his 366 completions to a wide receiver. The other 218 came from a running back, fullback, or tight end. Rivers also threw 27 TDs. Again taking away Jackson's total from a year ago, only eight of those 27 went to a wideout -- five of them coming from Malcom Floyd.
The search now begins for Jackson's replacement.
It has been reported the contract contains $26 million guaranteed -- the same amount Jackson will be paid over the first two years of the deal, receiving the remaining $36 million over the final three years. The 6-foot-5 Jackson is coming off one of his best seasons.
A year after playing in a career-low five games due to a nearly season-long holdout, Jackson was smacked with the franchise tag, but showed his worth, catching 60 passes for San Diego in 2011, accumulating for 1,106 yards and tying a career-high with nine touchdowns.
It was the third time in his career he had totaled more than 1,000 yards in a season -- all coming in the last four years.
However, Jackson's best season came in 2009 when he was selected to his only Pro Bowl. That season the former Northern Colorado standout, along with his nine touchdowns, set career-highs in receptions (68), yards per game (77.8) and yards (1,167). Oddly enough that was the last time the Chargers made the postseason.
Since being drafted in the second-round of the 2005 NFL Draft, Jackson has played in 91 games for San Diego, caught over 270 passes -- 272 to be exact -- totaled 4,754 yards and 37 TDs.
But now with Jackson's departure, it leaves the Chargers with numerous holes at the wide receiver position.
If you take away Jackson's 60 receptions last season, quarterback Phillip Rivers only completed 88 of his 366 completions to a wide receiver. The other 218 came from a running back, fullback, or tight end. Rivers also threw 27 TDs. Again taking away Jackson's total from a year ago, only eight of those 27 went to a wideout -- five of them coming from Malcom Floyd.
The search now begins for Jackson's replacement.
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