General: Completed his second season in the Pitt State program in 2024 ... Named a team captain in 2024 ... Earned second-team All-MIAA honors as a senior ... Named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Week once ... A talented defensive lineman who had a big senior campaign.
2024: Started in six of the nine games he played in for the Gorillas ...
Notched second-team All-MIAA honors ... Named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Week (
Oct. 28) ... Finished the season with 24 tackles, seven quarterback hurries, five pass breakups, 3.5 tackles-for-loss and 2.5 sacks ... Against Fort Hays State (Oct. 19), recorded 1.5 sacks, four quarterback hurries, four tackles and one pass breakup ... Against Central Oklahoma (Oct. 26), finished with a season-high six tackles, 1.5 TFLs, 0.5 sacks and two hurries.
2023: Appeared in 11 games in a reserve role… posted 21 tackles (six solo) with 2.0 tackles-for-loss and 1.0 quarterback sacks… registered 0.5 sacks in each of the Gorillas NCAA-II playoff games vs. UIndy (Nov. 18) and Grand Valley State (Nov. 25).
Prior to PSU: Transferred to Pitt State from Indiana State University… spent three seasons at Butler Community College (2020-22) where he was a three-time All-Conference selection for the Grizzlies… made 50 tackles (35 solo) with 8.0 tackles-for-loss, 2.0 quarterback sacks and three pass breakups in 2022.
HS: A two-time Kansas Class 5A All-State performer at Lawrence Free State High School.
Personal: Son of Dara Jackson… a two-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll… has a 3.20 GPA as a recreation services, sport & hospitality management major.
