Jimmy Sexton (sports agent)

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Jimmy Sexton (b. August 22, 1963) is Co-Head of Football and Head of Coaching as a Sports Agent for Creative Artist Agency. He has been with the agency since 2011. [1] Sexton is a 1982 graduate of Memphis's Evangelical Christian School and the University of Tennessee, class of 1986. [2]

He signed his first contract as a Sports Agent in 1984 with his client, Hall of Fame r Reggie White, who was also his college dorm mate. [3] White became the highest paid defensive professional football player at that time. [4] In 1987, Sexton became one of the youngest agents ever to be licensed by the NFL Players association. [5]

Sexton is one of the few agents to represent both players and coaches. [6] He represents some of the top NFL stars: Sam Darnold, Julio Jones, Laremy Tunsil, Derrick Henry, Philip Rivers, Daniel Jones, Jason Witten and Ndamukong Suh among others. [5] [7] He represents 11 of the 14 SEC head football coaches and 7 NFL head coaches. [8] [9]

He was listed on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful Sports Agents in 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020. [10]

Philanthropy

Sexton has served on the board of the Make-A-Wish (Mid-South) foundation and on the board of Hope Christian Community Foundation (Memphis) and Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Memphis). [11]

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  2. ↑ "2025".
  3. ↑ "Meet Jimmy Sexton – the agent to the Jets' biggest power players". Jets Wire. 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Superagent Jimmy Sexton on the Changing Landscape of Sports – Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation – University of Texas". 5 April 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
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  6. ↑ Clarke, Liz (2018-04-18). "'Super agents' rep 75 percent of NFL players. It's a competitive fight to sign the rest". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  7. ↑ "Agent's Take: Nine power brokers who'll play a big role in determining the 2019 financial terrain". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  8. ↑ "Memphis Bicentennial: The most notable sports figures in Bluff City history". Memphis Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  9. ↑ "Sports Agent Jimmy Sexton Now Represents 11 Of The 14 SEC Head Coaches, a number of other high profile collegiate Head Coaches. He also has a large presence in the National Football League where he represents 5 to 10 Head Coaches along with a number of Offensive and Defensive Coordinators". www.secrant.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  10. ↑ Belzer, Jason. "The World's Most Powerful Sports Agents 2018". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
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