MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has died in a one-car crash outside Montgomery, authorities said Monday. He was 36.
The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro that Jackson was driving went off the road, struck a tree and overturned at 8:50 p.m. Sunday, Trooper Benjamin “Michael” Carswell, an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency spokesman, said in a news release. Jackson was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The wreck occurred on Pike Road, about seven miles south of Montgomery, his hometown. No other details were immediately released about the crash, which remained under investigation.
Jackson was hired as quarterbacks coach for Tennessee State last season after a 10-year NFL career with the Seattle Seahawks, Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll posted a Twitter message calling Jackson “a beloved teammate, competitor, and Seahawk.”
Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson also posted about Jackson’s death: “TJack… you will be missed. Praying for your family…Love you man.”
Jackson was a second-round draft pick of the Vikings in 2006, starting 12 games in 2007 and going 8-4. He was part of the Seahawks’ Super Bowl championship team in 2014.
Jackson started 14 games for Seattle in 2011, leading the team to seven wins. The following year, Wilson took over as the Seahawks’ starting quarterback.
The former Alabama State quarterback, who started his college career at Arkansas, went 17-17 as an NFL starter.
He passed for 7,263 yards with 39 touchdowns and 35 interceptions. In four seasons in Seattle between 2011 and 2015, he passed for 3,279 yards, played in 23 games and threw 15 TDs with 13 interceptions. He had a completion rate of 60.9 percent and a passer rating of 81.0.
Jackson is survived by wife Lakitta and three children.
