Player Dossier

2015-2019

Arkansas State

Darreon Jackson

DB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Derby, KS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darreon Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

90

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Boise State • Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Darreon Jackson built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a defensive back from Derby, KS wearing No. 34, spending time with Arkansas State and Boise State. The clearest part of Darreon Jackson's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8967

Hayden · Topeka, KS

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Darreon Jackson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Arkansas State. Darreon Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
255
TFL
15
Sacks
3
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Darreon Jackson quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · DB
Career Tackles
255
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 34 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Arkansas State
Top game
Tulsa
Recruit profile
4-star · Hayden · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Hayden · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 34 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
116 tackles · DB 1st (top 1%) · Sun Belt 3rd (top 1%) · National 18th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonBoise State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonArkansas State00-0--0-
2017 PostseasonArkansas State10121.51--042
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas State10462.50-2042
2018 PostseasonArkansas State126-0--040.4
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas State127541-2040.4
2019 PostseasonArkansas State1213-0-1068.6
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas State1210371--068.6

Related Context

Darreon Jackson played DB for Boise State and Arkansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darreon Jackson recorded 2 receiving yards and 255 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Arkansas State paired 11 primary output with 44.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 44.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Boise State, Arkansas State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Postseason · Arkansas State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

44.9

Usage

11.7

Consistency

32.1

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida International: 2. SMU: 1.5. UNLV: 1. Georgia: 0.5. Southern Illinois: 0. Troy: 0.5. Louisiana: 0. Texas State: 0. UL Monroe: 1.5. Coastal Carolina: 0.5. Georgia Southern: 3.5. South Alabama: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida International: 13 by 70. SMU: 6 by 40. UNLV: 7 by 39.2. Georgia: 8 by 38.3. Southern Illinois: 6 by 25. Troy: 8 by 38.3. Louisiana: 15 by 50. Texas State: 8 by 33.3. UL Monroe: 17 by 65. Coastal Carolina: 16 by 55. Georgia Southern: 11 by 80.8. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

Best efficiency game

80.8 vs Georgia Southern

Result
Sat 12/21vs Florida International10+ tackles · Splash gameW 34-261340011
Fri 11/29@ South AlabamaL 30-3411000
Sat 11/23vs Georgia Southern10+ tackles · Splash gameW 38-3311830.500
Sat 11/16vs Coastal Carolina10+ tacklesW 28-2716100.5000
Sat 11/2@ UL Monroe10+ tacklesW 48-411761.5000
Sat 10/26vs Texas StateW 38-1485000
Thu 10/17vs Louisiana10+ tacklesL 20-371513000
Sat 9/28@ TroyW 50-43840.5000
Sat 9/21vs Southern IllinoisW 41-2864000
Sat 9/14@ GeorgiaL 0-55830.5000
Sun 9/8@ UNLVW 43-17760.500.500
Sat 8/31vs SMUL 30-37620.50010

Player Story

Darreon Jackson story

Darreon Jackson built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a defensive back from Derby, KS wearing No. 34, spending time with Arkansas State and Boise State. The clearest part of Darreon Jackson's career was his defensive production: 255 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Arkansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Darreon Jackson's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 2 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State and Boise State.

The arc is straightforward: Darreon 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Boise State

    2015

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arkansas State

    2016-2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonBoise State0
2016 Regular SeasonArkansas State00
2017 PostseasonArkansas State731.25.87
2017 Regular SeasonArkansas State731.25.80
2018 PostseasonArkansas State733.66.40
2018 Regular SeasonArkansas State733.66.40
2019 PostseasonArkansas State1144.911.74
2019 Regular SeasonArkansas State1144.911.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Tulsa

Week 3 · W 29-20

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

95 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 95 takeover score.

#2

vs Georgia Southern

Week 13 · W 38-33 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

93.6 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 1 · L 30-35 · Postseason

2.5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Florida International

Week 1 · W 34-26 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

75.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.7 takeover score.

#5

@ UL Monroe

Week 10 · W 48-41 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

69.3 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Arkansas State

11 primary output · 44.9 efficiency · 11.7 usage

68.6

#2

2019 Regular Season · Arkansas State

68.6

11 primary · 44.9 efficiency · 11.7 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Arkansas State

42

7 primary · 31.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

5

Splash games

9

10+ tackle games