Player Dossier

2016-2019

Florida State

Dontavious Jackson

LB • 6'3" • 229 lbs • Alief, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dontavious Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.8

Efficiency

21.6

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

9.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Florida State

1617171819

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Dontavious Jackson, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Florida State. Dontavious Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.6 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Florida State paired 12.5 primary output with 35.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2019 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

21.6

Usage

4.8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Florida

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

123456789

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Virginia: 0.5. Louisville: 0. NC State: 0.5. Clemson: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Unknown: 0. Florida: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boise State: 10 by 41.7. UL Monroe: 9 by 37.5. Virginia: 6 by 30. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 5 by 25.8. Clemson: 2 by 8.3. Wake Forest: 5 by 20.8. Unknown: 4 by 16.7. Florida: 1 by 9.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.2 · n=3 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · n=5 · +0.0 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=5 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.1 · n=4 · -0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Boise State

Result
Sun 12/1@ FloridaL 17-40100.5000
Sat 11/16vs Unknown41000
Sat 10/19@ Wake ForestL 20-2253000
Sat 10/12@ ClemsonL 14-4522000
Sat 9/28vs NC StateW 31-13540.5000
Sat 9/21vs LouisvilleW 35-2411000
Sat 9/14@ VirginiaL 24-31640.5000
Sat 9/7vs UL MonroeW 45-4496000
Sat 8/31vs Boise State10+ tacklesL 31-36104000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Florida State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20162017201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonFlorida State3.514.84.2
2017 PostseasonFlorida State211.43-1.5
2017 Regular SeasonFlorida State211.430
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida State12.535.49.510.5
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida State1.521.64.8-11

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Boston College

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64 takeover score.

#2

Syracuse

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.7 takeover score.

#3

Wake Forest

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#4

Miami

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.4 takeover score.

#5

Florida

1.5

Primary metric

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Regular Season · Florida State

12.5 primary output · 35.4 efficiency · 9.5 usage

32.1

#2

2019 Regular Season · Florida State

9.9

1.5 primary · 21.6 efficiency · 4.8 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Florida State

9

3.5 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 4.2 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2016 · Rating 0.9561

Alief Elsik · Houston, TX

Committed To
Florida State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

156

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 37 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Dontavious Jackson quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
156