Lamar Jackson

Lamar Jackson (born January 7, 1997) is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisville and won the Heisman Trophy in 2016. Selected by Baltimore with the 32nd overall pick in 2018 NFL Draft, he became their starting quarterback following Joe Flacco’s injury that season.

Jackson had a successful rookie season, becoming only the second player since 1970 to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 500 yards in a single year; his performance earned him Pro Bowl honors as well as Offensive Rookie of The Year. In 2019 Jackson led Baltimore to its first AFC North Division title since 2012 while breaking multiple franchise records including most passing touchdowns and highest passer rating ever achieved by a Raven’s QB. He was named league MVP after leading them to 14 wins on top of being selected to his second consecutive Pro Bowl appearance. His success has made him one of today’s biggest stars among current quarterbacks across professional sports leagues worldwide; furthermore it also caused analysts from ESPN & Fox Sports 1 alike declare him “the best dual threat Quarterback this game has ever seen”

During his time at Louisvile Jackson set several school records such as total offensive yardage over three seasons(9012), touchdown passes thrown(69), career rushing TD’s by any position(50), completion percentage (.564) amongst others which granted widespread recognition from media outlets like CBS Sports who labeled him “a revolutionary force once thought impossible”. Additionally during his senior campaign he topped all NCAA players with 4132 total offensive yards whilst being awarded ACC Player Of The Year distinction twice consecutively plus Maxwell Award , Walter Camp Award & AP College Football Player Of The Year laurels making Lamar just third individual ever alongside Tim Tebow & Johnny Manziel to win all four major awards given out yearly . At present aside from playing professional gridiron Lamar enjoys music production along side DJ Khaled , appearing on TV shows or attending red carpet events but despite having social life outside sport he refuses commercial endorsements stating “I don’t want anything taking away my focus.”