Dexter Jackson (safety)

Dexter Jackson, born Dexter Lamar Jackson on July 28, 1977, is an American former professional football safety. He played college football at Florida State, where he was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection as a junior and finished with 194 tackles, seven interceptions and four blocked field goals, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers chose him in the fourth round of the 1999 draft, 113th overall. He was named most valuable player of Super Bowl XXXVII, a 48 to 21 win over the Oakland Raiders in which he recorded two interceptions, the first safety to win the award since Jake Scott in 1973. He then played for the Arizona Cardinals, returned to Tampa Bay from 2004 to 2005, spent three seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and finished his career with the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League in 2009. He later worked as a coach and a radio host.