Although he has had surgeries to repair his injured knee, former Indianapolis Colts cornerback Marlin Jackson still found a new job in the Philadelphia Eagles, who signed the free agent cornerback to a two-year contract on Wednesday.
Putting on the Colts jersey in 2005 as a first-round draft pick, Jackson missed the second half of 2008 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Returning to play for the Colts in 2009 season, however, he tore the ACL again but this time on the left knee during a November practice. However, his production still sounds amazing to teams that were interested in the cornerback. He had 284 tackles and four interceptions in 56 career games with the Colts. Before coming to Philadelphia, he visited the Baltimore Ravens and originally planned to meet with the New York Jets if finishing the visit to the Eagles without any deal being done.
The Eagles had been looking for a perfect replacement for safety Brian Dawkins and they expect Jackson to compete for the starting free safety job before the regular season begins. Jackson’s career as an Eagle will begin as a secondary player along with Pro Bowl cornerback Asante Samuel, Pro Bowl strong safety Quintin Mikell and longtime starting cornerback Sheldon Brown. With the experience of playing free safety in his junior year at college, Jackson is confident to do good job either as a cornerback of a safety.
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