JACKSONS’ CAREER HIGHS
Tackles 5, at Syracuse (9/17/16)
Sacks 0.5, 2X, last at UMass (10/6/18)
INT 1, vs. Elon (9/1/18)
TFL 1.5, vs. Temple (9/21/17)
2018: Appeared in all 13 games with one start and recorded a career-best 27 tackles (15 solo)…tallied a season-high four tackles against Houston (10/27), Temple (11/17) and UCF (11/23)…recorded an interception in a win over Elon (9/1).
2017: Totaled three tackles. 1.5 tackles for loss and a half sack in nine games.
2016: Played in 12 games and started the first four games at the “Bull” pass-rushing position along the defensive line…posted a career-high 23 tackles (12 solo)…set a career high with five tackles at Syracuse (9/17).
2015: Saw action in nine games...posted a tackle in the Cincinnati game.
2014: Redshirt season
JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year starter for coach James Harrell at Jesuit HS…Class 5A all-state first team in 2014 and second team in 2013...named first-team All-Hillsborough County Defense in 2012 & 2013, and was a MaxPreps first-team sophomore All-American in 2011...Butkus Award semifinalist in 2013...posted 87 tackles and eight quarterback hurries in 2013…helped lead team to 8-4 record in 2013…helped Team Tampa to back-to-back 7-on-7 National Championships…recorded 149 tackles, 32 tackles for loss, 22 sacks and two fumble recoveries for his career…rated a four-star recruit by ESPN.com… ranked No. 16 on the Tampa Bay Times Home Team Top 25…named to WFLA’s Elite Eight…ranked as the 31st best defensive end prospect nationally by ESPN.com…also had offers from over 35 schools including Alabama, Auburn, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oregon, USC and Stanford among others...four-year letterman in football and three-year in track and field...two-time state finalist in shot put and discuss.
PERSONAL: Born Nov. 24, 1995...the son of Diane and Vincent Jackson…has an older sister, Dariah, and a younger brother, Levi…the cousin of Justin Gatlin, a gold medalist Olympic sprinter and former Tennessee Volunteer…cousin of former NFL quarterback Daunte Culpepper...cousin of Matt Jones, a UF running back, and OJ Murdock, a former South Carolina Gamecock, who played for the Tennessee Titans...three-time USF Athletics Honor Roll selection...majoring business and accounting...earned his degree in spring 2018.
