The Sports Xchange

RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said after Wednesday’s practice that he is “absolutely” confident no other players were involved in running back Fred Jackson’s car accident Tuesday.

Shortly after news broke of Jackson’s crash near the team’s practice facility in which he spun his car at a high rate of speed and hit a stop sign, TMZ reported that Jackson had been drag racing teammate Marshawn Lynch. Renton police later said there was no evidence Lynch was involved, and Carroll said Jackson, “lost control of his car, had an accident and he was ticketed for that.”

Jackson was not injured in the accident and will be available for Thursday night’s game at the San Francisco 49ers. He did speak to the team Wednesday about driving safely as this was the second driving incident in the past week.

Fullback Derrick Coleman is still being investigated for an accident last week in which he was charged with a hit-and-run after being found a few blocks away from the scene. Coleman was suspended for last Sunday’s loss to the Carolina Panthers and will miss the 49ers game due to a concussion suffered in the accident.

“Yeah, just disappointed,” Carroll said of the incidents. “We talked about it today, to the whole group. How that happened within the short time, I don’t know but everybody was.

“Fred talked to the team as well, just to give everyone the heads up and make sure that we’re doing the right things and not making any more mistakes.”