FAYETTEVILLE -- Former University of Arkansas quarterback and 10-year NFL veteran Tarvaris Jackson died in a car wreck in Alabama on Sunday.
Jackson, a native of Montgomery, Ala., was 36. He had been employed as quarterbacks coach at Tennessee State since last season.
Jackson died after a single-car wreck a few miles south of Montgomery when the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro he was driving left the road and struck a tree before overturning about 8:50 p.m, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency report. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the report.