Chris Jackson enters his first season with the Jaguars as the wide receivers coach after spending the previous four seasons in a variety of roles with the Chicago Bears. Jackson was initially hired in 2018 during training camp in conjunction with the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship program prior to serving as a defensive assistant for Chicago in 2019 and the assistant wide receivers coach from 2020-21.
In 2021, Jackson helped second-year WR Darnell Mooney record his first 1,000-yard season with a team-leading 1,055 receiving yards and four TDs. In 2020, Jackson helped guide Allen Robinson II to lead all Bears receivers for the second straight season with 102 receptions, 1,213 yards and six touchdowns, eclipsing 100 receptions for the first time in his career. It marked the first 100-catch season by a Bears wide receiver since 2013.
Jackson worked with the Bears in 2019 as a defensive assistant under coordinator Chuck Pagano after previously assisting the Bears during training camp in 2018 as part of the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program. Prior to his time in Chicago, he served as the wide receivers coach at Liberty High School in Peoria, Ariz.
As a player, Jackson spent time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1998), Seattle Seahawks (1999), Tennessee Titans (2000), Green Bay Packers (2002-03) and Miami Dolphins (2003). Jackson also spent several seasons in the Arena Football League where he was a standout wide receiver and the AFL Rookie of the Year in 2000 with the L.A. Avengers. He helped lead the Philadelphia Soul to an Arena Bowl XXII championship in 2008, recording 140 receptions for 1,692 yards and 49 touchdowns. Jackson totaled 325 receiving touchdowns in his AFL career, a mark that is still second all-time in league history.
Jackson played collegiately at Orange Coast College in 1995 before transferring to Washington State. In both 1996 and 1997, Jackson was a starter for the Cougars. In 1997, he recorded 54 catches for 1,005 yards and 11 touchdowns, helping the Cougars to a Pac-10 co-championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl. After going undrafted in the 1998 NFL Draft, Jackson signed with the Buccaneers.
In 2020, Jackson was inducted into the California Community College Football Coaches Association (CCCFCA) Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Michelle, have three children: Almani, Deyton and Justus.
