Since then, Dumervil has showed a tremendous heart from someone that has been judged as too small to play on the line. Typically Dumervil plays at outside linebacker, but when the Broncos need him to, he can play on the line. Up until last year, that is where he was listed on Denver's depth chart. He could become a highly-coveted free-agent next season if the Broncos don't pay him the money he's worth over the course of the next 9 months.
One of the best cornerbacks in the league, when healthy, is Antoine Winfield. Despite being 5-foot-9 with his shoes on, Winfield is one of the best tackling cornerbacks in the league today. Although he's short, Winfield has to go up against some of the tallest wide receivers in the game every week of the Vikings season. Antoine is a fearless athlete that hits as hard as a linebacker.
I've seen him on multiple occasions tackle somebody that is 8 inches taller and pounds heavier. Minnesota fans were on the fence with Winfield when they brough him over from the Bills after the ''04 season. They felt as though he wasn't the answer to the Vikings' secondary problems because he was too small to cover the bigger receivers that Minnesota would have to go against.
Being short at cornerback is not uncommon by any means. A lot of the one's you see today are sometimes only 5-foot, sometimes shorter, but not all play with all their might on every single down.
Antoine Cromartie is 6-foot-2, allowing him to match up well against wide receivers that are his height, even shorter. With that said, Cromartie is one of the worst cover-corners that's out there.
No matter if you're or at cornerback, you have the ability to either make the plays or not. Due to his height, Jackson slipped to the middle of the second round where the Philadelphia Eagles decided to take one of the best pass-catching receivers available. I can safely bet that about 15 of those teams are slapping themselves on the back of the head for letting Jackson slip through their fingers.
Even though he has to go up against taller defenders, DeSean can go up and catch the ball with ease. He was named to the Pro-Bowl in , not as a receiver, but as a kick-returner. Speaking of which, did I mention that Jackson is one of the best kick-returners in the league?
His speed and cutting ability allows himself to blow by the secondary that looks to shut him down every game. He signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Jackson caught a yard touchdown pass from Donovan McNabb that gave McNabb his th career touchdown and 30,th career passing yards on October 26 against the Washington Redskins on Monday Night Football.
He also scored his first rushing touchdown of the season on a yard reverse. Jackson injured his right foot during the game and had an x-ray during halftime, but returned to play during the third quarter.
His younger brother Byron played college football at San Jose State. He has three sons with Instagram model Kayla Phillips. He played college football for the University of California, Berkeley, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American.
Jackson has been selected to the Pro Bowl three times, and was the first player selected to the Pro Bowl at two different positions in the same year when he was named to the Pro Bowl as a wide receiver and return specialist. Jackson entered his junior season being considered a Heisman Trophy candidate. His season began promisingly, with a yard punt return for a touchdown against Tennessee in the opening game of the season.
Against eleventh-ranked Oregon, he caught 11 passes for yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bears to their first victory in Autzen Stadium since Jackson finished the season with 65 catches for yards, and scored six touchdowns as a receiver. Jackson was named an All-American as a return specialist.
Jackson suffered several minor injuries that limited his effectiveness at times during the season, along with a right thigh injury that forced him to miss most of the game against Washington and the Big Game against Stanford.
He also missed the first quarter of the Armed Forces Bowl for violating undisclosed team rules. He played college football at Cal for three seasons, was named to the All-American team twice, and set records in the conference for punt return touchdowns. Jackson appeared to return to form with 6 catches for yards in a season-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. In week 4, he was fined for wearing police caution tape on his shoes to protest the role of race in the American criminal justice system.
He went over yards in four-out-of-five games late in the season, including 3 catches for yards, and a go-ahead yard touchdown against his former team on December 11 in Philadelphia. Following a 7-reception, yard effort the next week, Jackson was fined a second time in the season for the color of his cleats.
He ended the year with 56 receptions for 1, yards and 4 touchdowns, leading the NFL for the third time with He departed holding Pac records for punts returned for a touchdown both in a season four and in a career six.
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