Marino's Take:
The Receivers  2006: A first team All-Pac-10 selection as a wide receiver and as a punt returner ... first team All-America punt returner... captured the inaugural Randy Moss Award as the top return man in the nation ... led the nation with 18.2 yards per punt return ... ranked second in the Pac-10 with nine receiving touchdowns ... set school and Pac-10 records for season (4) and career punt return TDs (5) with a 95-yarder against Arizona ... had four 100-yard receiving games ... registered 28 plays of 20 or more yards.
2005: Led the Bears with 38 catches and 601 yards ... also topped Cal with seven touchdown receptions ... first career reception (and first collegiate touch of the football) resulted in a 31-yard touchdown reception vs. Sacramento State in the season opener.
High School: Flagged down 60 passes for 1,075 yards for Long Beach Poly's CIF Southern Section championship team ... scored 15 touchdowns, eight which measured at least 60 yards or more, including two on punt returns ... the first incoming Cal player to win the Glenn Davis Award since running back Russell White captured the award for Crespi High School in 1987 ... voted Most Valuable Player of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, as he had seven receptions for 141 yards and passed for a 45-yard touchdown in leading the West squad to a 35-3 victory in a game that featured 80 of the nation's top players ... sparkled in the CaliFlorida Bowl game, posting five catches for 145 yards and one touchdown.
Personal: Parents are Gayle and Bill Jackson ... considered an outstanding baseball player with big-league potential ... brother, Byron, played professional football with the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs in 1992-93 ... owns 4.3 speed in the 40-yard dash ... born Dec. 1, 1986 ... intends to major in social welfare.
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