Tarvaris Jackson: Remembering his top 3 moments with Vikings
Remembering the life and NFL career of quarterback Tarvaris Jackson by looking at the signal-caller’s three best moments from his time with the Vikings.
Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson tragically died in Alabama on Sunday. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Jackson was involved in a car accident in Alabama that resulted in the death of the 36-year-old former professional quarterback who last played in the NFL in 2015.
Rapoport reported that he was told of the tragic news from a spokesperson at Tennessee State, where Jackson was a member of the Tigers’ football coaching staff during the 2019 season as the quarterbacks coach.
Former #Seahawks QB Tarvaris Jackson died last night in a car accident in Alabama, a spokesperson for his employer Tennessee State tells me. Jackson, 36, was TSU’s QB coach. Along with Seattle, he also played for the #Vikings and #Bills.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 13, 2020
According to ESPN, the former NFL quarterback was involved in a single-vehicle crash around 9 p.m. on Sunday night near his hometown of Montgomery, AL when his vehicle “struck a tree and then overturned.” Jackson was reportedly transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
Jackson played 10 seasons in the NFL with both the Vikings and the Seattle Seahawks. The quarterback played in Minnesota primarily as a backup quarterback for the first five seasons of his career, before signing with Seattle as a free agent in 2011 and finishing his career with the Seahawks in mainly a back-up role as well.
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Although his life was cut way too short, let’s take a look back at Jackson’s career in Minnesota and come up with some of the top moments for the quarterback while he sported the purple and gold.