Player Dossier

2009-2011

Pittsburgh

Buddy Jackson

DB • 6'1" • Plantation, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Buddy Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Player Story

Buddy Jackson built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a defensive back from Plantation, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Buddy Jackson's career was his return-game...

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Buddy Jackson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Buddy Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Buddy Jackson quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
Best season
2011 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Top game
SMU
Latest roster
No. 21 · Class 2011

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonPittsburgh00-0--0-
2010 Regular SeasonPittsburgh00-0--0-
2011 PostseasonPittsburgh70-0--050
2011 Regular SeasonPittsburgh70-0--150

Related Context

Buddy Jackson played DB for Pittsburgh. Across 3 tracked seasons, Buddy Jackson recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2011 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 0. Buffalo: 0. Iowa: 0. Utah: 0. UConn: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Syracuse: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

0 vs SMU

Result
Sat 1/7vs SMUL 6-28
Sat 12/3vs SyracuseW 33-20
Sat 11/5vs CincinnatiL 23-26
Thu 10/27vs UConnW 35-20
Sat 10/15vs UtahL 14-26
Sat 9/17@ IowaL 27-31
Sat 9/3vs BuffaloW 35-16

Player Story

Buddy Jackson story

Buddy Jackson built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a defensive back from Plantation, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Buddy Jackson's career was his return-game role: 543 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 7 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Pittsburgh. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 7 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh.

The arc is straightforward: Buddy Jackson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Pittsburgh

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009201020112011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonPittsburgh0
2010 Regular SeasonPittsburgh00
2011 PostseasonPittsburgh000
2011 Regular SeasonPittsburgh000

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs SMU

Week 1 · L 6-28 · Postseason

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#2

vs Syracuse

Week 14 · W 33-20 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#3

vs Cincinnati

Week 10 · L 23-26 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#4

vs UConn

Week 9 · W 35-20 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

vs Utah

Week 7 · L 14-26

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Postseason · Pittsburgh

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

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#2

2011 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2009 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games