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Do we like Lamar Jackson?

Our score: 7 out of 10. A decent record with one contested episode and a faith-based repost, plus real charity work, and no pattern of harm turned up.

Lamar Jackson is the Ravens' quarterback and a two-time MVP. He came back from a hamstring injury in late October 2025 and threw four touchdown passes in a 28-6 win at Miami. He is the sort of player who makes a struggling team look like a contender when he's healthy.

His messiest moment on the field was in September 2025 at Buffalo. A fan shoved receiver DeAndre Hopkins in the helmet, then did the same to Jackson, who pushed the fan back with two hands to the chest. The fan was ejected and banned. The NFL took no action against Jackson, and he apologised to the fan.

The Ravens were also fined $100,000 in October 2025 for listing Jackson as a full practice participant when he had been limited. The team said it made an error, said it wouldn't appeal, and said the mix-up came from him doing the full practice without starter reps. That is the club's fine, not his, and nothing in the report says he did anything wrong.

The harm check is where the asterisk comes from. In November 2022 ESPN's Jamison Hensley reported that Jackson replied to a fan with a profane tweet that included an anti-gay phrase. Jackson called that defamation of his character and said he had never disrespected anyone's sexuality, gender, religion or race. The tweet was deleted, and the dispute has never been settled either way.

In August 2025 he reshared a Charlie Kirk post reading “It's all about Jesus”. Some users objected because of Kirk's past remarks, and others said Jackson was just stating his faith. Jackson didn't comment, and he rarely shares his politics. Faith on its own is no strike here, and nothing in his own words on vaccines, climate or migrants turned up.

The good stuff is real. After he left a January 2021 playoff game with a concussion, Bills fans gave more than $435,000 to Blessings in a Backpack, a charity that feeds hungry kids, and he thanked them publicly. His own foundation, Forever Dreamers, also held a toy drive in Baltimore for more than 150 families and children, per local reporting.