* DeSean Jackson * #10 * Wide Receiver * Philadelphia Eagles Team Home o News o Team Report o Blogs o Scores & Schedule o Stats o Roster o Depth Chart o Transactions o Photos * Height: 5-10 * Weight: 175 * Born: Dec 1, 1986 - Long Beach, CA * College: California * Draft: 2008 - 2nd round (18th pick) by the Philadelphia Eagles

(EAGLES)

Jackson attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School, the same high school as future Eagles teammate Winston Justice and many other current NFL players. He became one of the top wide receiver recruits in the nation, with many collegiate football programs pursuing his services. He was named the 2004 Glenn Davis Award winner by the Los Angeles Times as Southern California's player of the year. He also played baseball and was scouted by both the Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies in his senior year.^[1]
Jackson caught 60 passes for 1,075 yards for 15 touchdowns his senior year, leading the Jack Rabbits to a CIF Southern Section championship. He was pressed into service last minute as a defensive back in the section title game against Los Alamitos High School, responding with two interceptions, one which he returned 68 yards for a touchdown to help fuel Long Beach Poly's 21–6 victory.

(Derrick Rose)

At just the age of 22, Rose is the youngest MVP in the history of the NBA. Makes you think, what is this kid going to do before his time is up in the NBA? How many more MVP’s will he win? How many championships will he lead Chicago to? It looks as if Rose is taking the challenge of living up to Michael Jordan in stride. Other players such as LeBron James and D’wayne Wade wished not to sign with Chicago and play in the shadow of Michael Jordan. Right now, Derrick Rose is chasing that shadow.

Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls is the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2010-11 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award, the NBA announced today. Rose, who does not turn 23 until Oct. 4, becomes the league's youngest MVP, a distinction previously held by Wes Unseld, who earned the honor in 1968-69 as a 23-year-old.Rose totaled 1,182 points including 113 first-place votes, from a panel of 120 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada as well as an NBA MVP fan vote. For the second consecutive season, the NBA and Kia Motors America gave fans the opportunity to submit their votes by ranking their top five choices through a dedicated Web page on NBA.com. The fan vote counted as one vote and was compiled with the 120 media votes to determine the winner. Players were awarded 10 points for each first-place vote, seven points for each second-place vote, five for third, three for fourth and one for each fifth-place vote received