The Seattle Seahawks re-signed free agent
wide receiver Darrell Jackson to a reported six year, $25 million dollar deal
with an 8 million signing bonus.
The third round (80th overall) pick in the
2000 draft has been one of the team’s most consistent performers.
Jackson
has started 55 games in four years with the team. In
those four years Jackson caught 253 passes for 3,808 yards and 27 touchdowns.
In 2003 Jackson led the team with 68
catches and posted a career highs in yards (1,137) and touchdowns (nine),
helping the team reach the playoffs for the first time since 1999.
Jackson currently ranks fifth in Seahawks
history in catches (253), yards (3,808) and receiving touchdowns.
The Seahawks
also resigned defensive tackle Cedric Woodard to a five year deal and
linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski
to a three year deal .
Woodard entered the NFL in 2000 as a
sixth-round draft choice by the Baltimore Ravens and was claimed off waivers by
the Seahawks that summer.
Woodard started 12 games and responded with
57 tackles to lead all the Seahawks' defensive linemen in 2003.
Kacyvenski was a fourth-round draft choice
in 2000 and has been a special teams standout for the Seahawks.