Former Eagle DeSean Jackson will be Delaware State's football coach

Delaware State is reportedly close to hiring DeSean Jackson, one of the Eagles’ greatest wide receivers of all time, as its next head football coach.

ESPN was first to report the news Thursday afternoon. According to the report, Jackson had an interview on campus in recent days and the two sides are expected to meet in the near future.

Jackson never held a head coaching position. He played for the Eagles from 2008 to 2013 and again from 2019 to 2020. Jackson ranks eighth in Eagles history with 6,897 receiving yards. He ranks sixth in receptions with 379.

Jackson was unceremoniously fired by then-Eagles head coach Chip Kelly in the spring of 2014 after the best season of his career. Jackson had 82 receptions for 1,332 yards this season. He quickly signed with Washington, where he spent three seasons, recording more than 1,000 yards in two of them.

Jackson also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Los Angeles Rams, Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens. His last season was in 2022.

Jackson spent last season as wide receivers coach and punt return specialist at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California.

Delaware State fired Lee Hull on Dec. 3 after two seasons in which the Hornets were 2-21 overall and 0-10 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Delaware State also announced at the time that Tony Tucker would replace Alecia Shields-Gadson as athletic director. Shields-Gadson left the company to pursue other interests.

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