Fred Jackson
Fred Jackson | Buffalo Bills | RB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 215 | Born: 2/20/1981
2011 Experience: 5th season
Fantasy Football Outlook: It may be easy to look past Fred Jackson because he wasn’t a high draft pick coming out of college but thus far he’s managed to outproduce two top fifteen overall selections that the Bills have brought in as competition. Marshawn Lynch came to the Bills the same year Jackson did in 2007 but off the field issues and a lack of dedication to the game finally forced the team to part ways with him last season.
While Jackson is likely to begin the season as the Bills starting tailback, it will be interesting to see if C.J. Spiller is ready to challenge him as the season moves along because the young runner has the tools to be a big time difference maker. For now fantasy owners should look to Jackson as the top running back to select from this team at fantasy drafts.
Coming into the summer Jackson ADP value on Mock Draft Central checks in as the 23rd best running back (49.61 average selection) to draft. This would make him a flex play option in ten team standard leagues and that is about right as Jackson is probably worth using as a starter to begin the season, but again, he may lose value as the year progresses.
| Rushing Stats | Receiving Stats | |||||
| Attempts | Yards | TD | Rec | Yards | TD | |
| 2011 Projected Stats | 212 | 892 | 5 | 29 | 219 | 1 |
2011 NFL Fantasy Football Draft: ADP Values | Rankings | Mocks | Cheat Sheets + Auction Values
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| Year | Age | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | Fmb | ||||||
| 2007 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 58 | 300 | 0 | 27 | 5.2 | 37.5 | 7.3 | 22 | 190 | 8.6 | 0 | 54 | 2.8 | 23.8 | 490 | 0 |
| 2008 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 130 | 571 | 3 | 32 | 4.4 | 35.7 | 8.1 | 37 | 317 | 8.6 | 0 | 65 | 2.3 | 19.8 | 888 | 3 |
| 2009 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 237 | 1062 | 2 | 43 | 4.5 | 66.4 | 14.8 | 46 | 371 | 8.1 | 2 | 21 | 2.9 | 23.2 | 1433 | 4 |
| 2010 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 222 | 927 | 5 | 39 | 4.2 | 57.9 | 13.9 | 31 | 215 | 6.9 | 2 | 65 | 1.9 | 13.4 | 1142 | 5 |
Career |
56 |
28 |
647 |
2860 |
10 |
43 |
4.4 |
51.1 |
11.6 |
136 |
1093 |
8.0 |
4 |
65 |
2.4 |
19.5 |
3953 |
12 |
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To help you get ready for draft day you will notice articles for ADP advice, cheat sheets, mock drafts and projected stats for Fred Jackson here. During the season, you can also find regular weekly ranking articles at this section as well.
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2010 Preview
Fred Jackson ran for over 1,000 yards in 2009 after taking over the starting job from Lynch. If Jackson keeps the job this season, I wouldn’t expect much more production than what he did a year ago. Look for Buffalo to remain at the bottom of the AFC East.
2010 Fantasy Football Outlook
2009 Fantasy Year In Review: Maybe the lone bright spot for the Buffalo Bills offense was the play of Fred Jackson throughout the season. In the final week of the year Jackson pounded the football 33 times for 212 yards rushing against the Colts.
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This great performance gave Jackson his first and probably only 1,000 yard rushing season of his career. The impressive part of this achievement was that Jackson did it with 237 carries and behind a bad offensive line. Jackson was everything Marshawn Lynch wasn’t as he continued to be a team player and fought hard on every snap.
2010 NFL Fantasy Football Player Rankings: Jackson will probably start out the season as the Bills starting running back as they use C.J. Spiller in the slot. The Bills do still have Lynch as of June, and we will have to see if they keep the troubled runner by the seasons beginning.
For now Jackson is a stash away player at the very end of your fantasy draft at best as he will be in a running back committee on a bad offense. I like Jackson as a player because he gives his team everything and is a professional but in fantasy he’s just on the wrong team with average personal ability.
Assets
- Hard Worker
- Projected Starter
- Good Hands
Liabilities
- In A RBBC
- Bad Overall Offense
