Lamar Beatrice Jackson Jr. was born on January 7, 1997 and is an American quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens in the National Football League (NFL). He played for college football at the University of Louisville and was named the men's ACC Athlete of the Year for all conference sports, following the 2017–18 school year. Here he even won the Heisman Trophy during his sophomore year, and was selected by the Ravens as the final first round pick of the 2018 NFL Draft. He went on to become the youngest NFL quarterback to start a playoff game at age 21. He set the record of a quarterback with the most rushing yards and led the Ravens at the top of the game at the American Football Conference (AFC). For this reason he became the second unanimous Most Valuable Player (MVP) and the fourth African-American quarterback to win the award.

He is the fourth African-American quarterback to have earned the title of MVP. In college while adding to awards along with the Heisman Trophy, he got recognition as winner of the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, and during his sophomore year in 2016, he was unanimously selected as an All-American at the University of Louisville. He was called the Louie for Play of the Year for his performance at the Syracuse games that year. The same goes for being called the Adidas High Performance Male Athlete of the Year in 2017. In 2020 however, he faced an injury - a concussion that served as an impediment to his sports career as the Ravens lost to Buffalo Bills by 3-17. To aggravate the conditions, Lamar even tested positive for Covid-19 and was placed on the reserve list of players. On December 7th of the same year the athlete returned to his game and was expected to make some stellar comeback with his team.

Personal Life and Early Years

He was born to Felicia Jackson and Lamar Jackson Sr. and was brought up in a financially constrained part of Pompano beach in Florida. When Lamar was only eight years old his father died of a heart attack the same day as his grandmother deceased in 2005. His mother single-handedly raised Lamar and his younger brother along with younger sisters. He attended Santaluces School for higher studies and later transferred to Boynton Beach High School. At present the 25 year old player is unmarried but in a relationship with Jaime Taylor of African American background just like him. Both of them have been together for three years since their college days but prefer not to publicize any details of their relationship. Thi i9s because they value their privacy and want to avoid any paparazzi interference or public criticism. He has an American citizenship and his net worth is $4 million USD. He has an athletic stature with a height of 6 feet and 2 inches and a weight of 96 kgs. From the start of 2019 Lamar started living in Owings Mills, Maryland, about 20 minutes from the Ravens training complex with his mother, brother, and sisters. His favorite player is Michale Vick and his religion is Christianity. Jackson worked toward a communications major at the University of Louisville while he played his college football there.He is a supporter of Blessings in a Backpack, a Louisville charity that provides meals on weekends to children served by the National School Lunch Program.

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