The Facts: As the NFL's leading active rusher, Jackson has been able to check off a long list of individual accomplishments throughout his 11-year career. But it's a lack of team success -- Jackson has been to the postseason just once -- that has the free-agent running back looking for an opportunity to keep playing. "That's the thing," Jackson said. "I have all the things I've accomplished personally, but I've still never been on a team that won more than eight games. That would be definitely one of the things that I'm looking for is that opportunity in my next chapter."
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Jackson, 31, spent his first nine seasons toiling as the lone star on a St. Louis Rams offense that almost exclusively leaned on him for production after the departure of star receivers Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt. Along the way, Jackson endured a lot of losing but still managed to become the leading rusher in franchise history (10,135 yards), surpassing the likes of Marshall Faulk and Eric Dickerson. His eight consecutive 1,000-yard seasons made him one of six backs in NFL history to hit that milestone. When Jackson had the opportunity to test free agency in 2013, he and the Rams mutually agreed to part ways, with St. Louis wanting to get younger at the position and Jackson looking for a chance to win. Jackson signed a three-year, $12 million deal with the Falcons, a team coming off a narrow loss in the NFC Championship Game. Many thought Atlanta was just a stable running game away from taking the next step to the Super Bowl. That thought proved untrue, as the Falcons slipped to a combined 10-22 in Jackson's two seasons. The team released him in February. Despite that not working out, Jackson still wants to play -- but only if the situation is right. "I don't want to go to a team that is rebuilding and needs me to come on and teach guys how to be professional," Jackson said.