Marlin Tyrell Jackson (born June 30, 1983 in Sharon,
Pennsylvania) is an American football cornerback for
the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football
League.
As a graduate of Sharon High School in 2001, Jackson
was the Pennsylvania player of the year and picked
for USA today's all American first team. He earned
all-state honors as senior and was Prep Football
Report All-American choice. He played in the first
ever U.S. Army All-American Bowl game on December
30th, 2000. His high school career stats are as
follows: 281 career tackles, 19 stops for losses,
three sacks, seven FF, three FR and 18
interceptions, including four touchdown returns was
15-330, 5 TDs rushing and 57-1,026, 18 TDs
receiving.
Jackson attended the University of Michigan, where
he was a team captain, an All-Big Ten selection, and
a All-American for the Wolverines in both 2003 and
2004.
Jackson finished his career second all-time among
Michigan players in pass breakups. During his senior
year, opposing coaches and quarterbacks, concerned
at Jackson's interception and pass break-up ability,
threw less than 14% of their passes in his
direction.
