# Tyus Jackson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tyus_Jackson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tyus_Jackson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyus_Jackson > Source revision: 1324382426 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Tyus Jackson** (born November 22, 1983) is an American former [football](/source/American_football) [linebacker](/source/Linebacker) and coach. He lasted coached the [Iowa Rampage](/source/Iowa_Rampage) of the [Arena Football League](/source/Arena_Football_League).[1] ## Early life Jackson attended [Woodlawn High School](/source/Woodlawn_High_School_(Birmingham,_Alabama)) where he was a four-year starter on the football and [basketball](/source/Basketball) teams. He played [fullback](/source/Fullback_(American_football)), [tight end](/source/Tight_end) and [middle linebacker](/source/Middle_linebacker) and was named All-Metro and Super All-Metro during his prep career. He was also the starting point guard on the basketball team and helped lead his squad to a 6A State Championship. ## College career ### Northeast Mississippi He was ranked as a two-star prospect according to [Rivals.com](/source/Rivals.com) after two seasons at [Northeast Mississippi Community College](/source/Northeast_Mississippi_Community_College)[2] He lettered for two years at [defensive end](/source/Defensive_end), playing for coach Bobby Hall. Selected to the Mississippi North All-State second team and was voted the defensive [MVP](/source/Most_valuable_player) in the Mississippi Junior College All-Star Game in 2002. ### Memphis In 2003, Jackson signed his letter of intent to play for [Memphis](/source/Memphis_Tigers_football), where he [redshirted](/source/Redshirted) for the Tigers and began his Memphis career in 2004 when he had 13 tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss, and one sack in 12 games, including a fumble recovery in the [2004 GMAC Bowl](/source/2004_GMAC_Bowl) where Memphis lost to [Bowling Green State University](/source/Bowling_Green_State_University), 52–35. In 2005, Jackson helped the Tigers to a 6–5 season and their second bowl win in three seasons when they beat the [University of Akron](/source/University_of_Akron) in the [2005 Motor City Bowl](/source/2005_Motor_City_Bowl). Jackson played in all 12 games for the Tigers in 2005 making 13 total tackles and one sack.[3] ## Professional career ### af2 In 2007, Jackson played for the expansion [Fort Wayne Fusion](/source/Fort_Wayne_Fusion) of [af2](/source/Af2), where he was coached by [Eddie Brown](/source/Eddie_Brown_(arena_football)). In 2008, Jackson joined with the af2's [Quad City Steamwheelers](/source/Quad_City_Steamwheelers) and earned Second Team All-af2 honors. The following year, he earned First Team All-af2 after leading the Steamwheelers with 12 quarterback hurries, 10 tackles for a loss, seven sacks and two safeties. He also added 41 total tackles, three forced fumbles and was named the Defensive Player of the Game in Week 1. ### AFL His performance from 2008–2009 in the af2 led to a contract in the [Arena Football League](/source/Arena_Football_League) (AFL) with the [Milwaukee Iron](/source/Milwaukee_Iron) for the 2010 season.[4] In 2011, he signed to play with the [Kansas City Command](/source/Kansas_City_Command).[5] Jackson was selected by the [New Orleans VooDoo](/source/New_Orleans_VooDoo) during the 2013 dispersal draft. ### CIF Jackson signed with the [Salina Bombers](/source/Salina_Bombers) of [Champions Indoor Football](/source/Champions_Indoor_Football) (CIF) on February 25, 2015. Jackson signed with the [Nebraska Danger](/source/Nebraska_Danger) of the [Indoor Football League](/source/Indoor_Football_League) in March 2016. ## References 1. Iowa Rampage (January 23, 2024). ["Jackon Takes The Helm As Head Coach For The Iowa Rampage"](https://www.iowarampage.com/news/jackson-takes-the-helm-as-head-coach-for-the-iowa-). Retrieved March 1, 2024. 1. ["Tyus Jackson - Yahoo! Sports"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151118060536/https://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Tyus-Jackson-25914/). Archived from [the original](https://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Tyus-Jackson-25914/) on November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015. 1. ["Player Bio: Tyus Jackson – University of Memphis"](http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/jackson_tyus00.html/). *Gotigersgo.com*. Retrieved October 24, 2021. 1. ["Iron Sign af2 Star Tyus Jackson"](https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3943375/). *Oursportscentral.com*. December 21, 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2021. 1. ["Tyus Jackson – Player Profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110122012211/http://kccommand.com/tyus-jackson-%E2%80%93-player-profile/). *Kccommand.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.kccommand.com/tyus-jackson-%e2%80%93-player-profile/) on January 22, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2021. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tyus Jackson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyus_Jackson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyus_Jackson?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.