"The last time Tarvaris Jackson had a second chance, he was in a Ford Expedition driving 10 hours from Arkansas back home to Alabama.

That was December 2002, when Jackson left the Razorbacks and the SEC after his redshirt freshman season to enroll at Alabama State, the Division I-AA school in his hometown of Montgomery, Ala.

And before anyone rushes to judgment on Jackson's chances here in Seattle, take a moment to hear the rest of the story. He has rebooted before, and the results were better than anyone had a right to expect as he played his way into being a second-round draft choice."