According to espn’s jeremy fowler, the seattle seahawks are recruiting former pittsburgh steelers wide receivers coach frisman jackson. Pittsburgh fired zach azzanni as jackson’s replacement after being let go a few weeks back. He will now work under mike macdonald in seattle. After the appointment of new offensive arthur smith, he was the first assistant to be sacked, but the team quickly moved to fill his position and develop the new staff under smith.
Jackson, 44, played for the carolina panthers for two seasons and was the tennessee titans’ receivers coach in 2017. Jackson mentored players like robby anderson, d.j. sullivan, and others with the panthers. Moore, curtis samuel, and moore. Although george pickens and others contributed to jackson’s departure from the steelers, other factors may have contributed to his departure. Baylor (2018-19), temple (2015-16), nc state (2013-14), north illinois (2012), akron (2010-11), and western illinois (2008-09) were receivers coaches at the collegiate level.
For two seasons at nc state, jackson worked for former steelers offensive coordinator matt canada and running backs coach eddie faulkner. Jackson, a native of chicago, was a quarterback at north illinois from 1997-1999, while canada was on the staff there as the running backs coach. He transferred to western illinois and became wide receiver for his senior season in 2000, where he holds the school’s single-game record for receptions and yards.
Since joining the cleveland browns as an undrafted free agent in 2002, he spent six seasons in the nfl, five with the browns. He finished his career with 40 catches for 490 yards and one touchdown. During his time with the team, there were many issues with discipline in the team’s room, forcing them to look to the outside for someone who could match the smith offense’s blocking intensity.
