Alaric Jackson (born July 14, 1998) is a

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-born

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for the

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of the

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(NFL). He played

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Early life and high school

Jackson was born and grew up in

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before moving to

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. He attended

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, where he originally played basketball and did not start playing football until his junior year. Jackson committed to play college football at Iowa over offers from Iowa State, Nebraska, and Michigan State.

College career

Jackson redshirted his true freshman season. He started every regular season game for Iowa at left tackle during his redshirt freshman season and was named to the

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All-Freshman team and a freshman All-American by the

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. Jackson missed the season opener of his sophomore season after being suspended for violating team rules, but started the final 12 games of the season and was named second-team All-Big Ten. He missed three games due to injury as a redshirt junior and was named third-team All-Big Ten at the end of the season. As a redshirt senior, Jackson was named first-team All-Big Ten and a second-team All-American by the AFCA after starting all eight of Iowa's games in the team's COVID-19-shortened 2020 season.

Professional career

Jackson signed with the

as an

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on May 3, 2021. He made the Rams' 53-man roster out of training camp. Jackson made his NFL debut on October 31, 2021, playing nine snaps on offense in the fourth quarter of a 38-22 win over the

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. Jackson won

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when the Rams defeated the

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23-20. Jackson entered the 2022 season as a backup offensive lineman. He was named the starting right guard in Week 3 for four games, then moved to left tackle for two games due to injuries. He was diagnosed with blood clots and was placed on season-ending injured reserve on November 16, 2022.

References

External links

Iowa Hawkeyes bioLos Angeles Rams bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Alaric 1998 births Living people Players of American football from Michigan American football offensive tackles Iowa Hawkeyes football players Los Angeles Rams players Canadian players of American football Sportspeople from Detroit Sportspeople from Windsor, Ontario Gridiron football people from Ontario