Hired by Seattle on February 22, 2024, Frisman Jackson joins the Seahawks following two years (2022-23) as the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers coach.
Jackson oversaw the development of 2022 second-round draft pick George Pickens, who had a breakout 2023 campaign with career-highs in receptions (63), yards (1,140) and receiving average (18.1). His average ranked first in the NFL. Pickens 801 receiving yards on 52 receptions in his first season ranked as the fifth-most by a Steelers rookie in franchise history.
Prior to Pittsburgh, he spent two seasons with the Carolina Panthers (2020-21). He was their offensive passing game coordinator in 2021 after he was promoted from wide receivers coach in 2020.
Under Jackson's mentorship, wide receiver DJ Moore caught 159 passes for 2,350 receiving yards and eight touchdowns combined in the last two seasons. His receiving yardage and 14.8 yard-average were the seventh and 10th-most in the NFL over the span.
Jackson spearheaded a record-breaking campaign for Carolina's pass-catchers in 2020. Moore (1,193) and Robby Anderson (1,096) were one of two wide receiver pairs in the NFL and just the fourth duo in Panthers history to each top 1,000 yards in the same season. Moore, who ranked third with an 18.1 receiving average, tied for the league-lead with six receptions of at least 40 yards.
In addition, wide receiver Curtis Samuel had a career-high 851 receiving yards and a Carolina wide receiver-record 200 rushing yards in 2020, which helped the Panthers become the first team since Arizona in 2008 to have three wide receivers surpass 1,000 scrimmage yards in the same season.
Jackson went to Carolina in 2020 after spending the previous two seasons at Baylor, where he served as the Bears' wide receivers coach in 2018, before adding the title of passing game coordinator in 2019. Baylor wide receiver Denzel Mims finished the 2019 season ranked 12th in the nation in receiving touchdowns (12) and earned first-team All-Big 12 recognition. In 2018, Jackson assisted in transfer running back Jalen Hurd's transition to wide receiver and developed him into the team's leading wideout and the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. Hurd was drafted in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the 49ers.
Jackson spent the 2017 season as the wide receivers coach for the Tennessee Titans, where he helped lead Tennessee to the AFC divisional round.
Prior to Jackson's first year in the NFL, he spent two seasons as the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator at Temple (2015-16). He helped the Owls achieve back-to-back bowl appearances, as well as the 2016 AAC Championship.
Jackson has also coached wide receivers at N.C. State (2013-14), Northern Illinois (2012), Akron (2010-11) and Western Illinois (2008-09).
As a player, Jackson spent four years in the NFL as a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns (2002-05). Over that stretch, he appeared in 34 games, caught 40 passes for 490 yards and one touchdown. Jackson played three seasons at Northern Illinois as a quarterback (1997-99), before finishing his college career as a wide receiver at Western Illinois (2001).
