Career Highlights:
1997-2002: After playing college football with Lackawanna College and Delaware State, Jackson-Bey runs for 8,917 yards and 107 touchdowns in six seasons with the Empire Football League’s Scranton Eagles. In 1999, he rushes for a career-high 2,433 yards (second-highest total in national minor league football history) on a national-record 393 rushes as he leads the Eagles to the EFL championship.
2003-2004: Playing for the Northern Tier Bruins under former Scranton coach Mark Arcure, Jackson-Bey runs for 3,512 yards and 33 touchdowns in two seasons.
In 2004, Jackson-Bey rushes for 1,942 yards and 20 touchdowns, including 77 yards on 20 carries and a score to lead the Bruins to a 14-7 victory over the North Carolina Eagles to win the United States Football Association championship.
2005: Coached by current NEPA Miners coach Dan LaMagna, Jackson-Bey runs for 1,200 yards and eight touchdowns for the Southern Tier Green Machine.
2006: Jackson-Bey runs for 1,337 yards and six touchdowns for the Hudson Valley Saints, leaving him just 336 yards shy of breaking former Scranton Eagle Frank Yanik’s national record for career rushing yards.
July 2007: Playing for the NEPA Miners, Jackson-Bey runs for 134 yards in a 37-0 victory over the Hudson County Stars, giving him 15,302 career yards, one more than Yanik.
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The North East Pennsylvania (NEPA) Miners are a minor league football team bringing a first of its kind football league to North Eastern Pennsylvania that will set the Miners apart from their competitors. While the Miners represent all of North East Pennsylvania, their basis of operations is the Poconos, encompassing the areas of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. The Miners play in the Regional Atlantic Football League (RAFL) with home games at the area’s finest facilities.
The Miners’ goal is to serve the people of North East Pennsylvania with year-round community service while providing superior customer service and quality family entertainment on Saturday nights during the football season. Led by their President and Head Coach Daniel LaMagna and supported by Charlie Wysocki — a Wilkes-Barre native and legendary football player — the Miners aim to exemplify the utmost in sportsmanship while entertaining their fans. We are Scranton Football at its finest!
