Usage / Role
59%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Duke
Deon Jackson
RB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Deon Jackson leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Deon Jackson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Deon Jackson's career was his backfield work: 2,267 rushing...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Deon Jackson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Duke. Deon Jackson leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,801
- Rushing yards
- 2,267
- Receiving yards
- 534
- Touchdowns
- 23
Quick Answers
Deon Jackson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,801
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Duke
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Atascocita · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Atascocita · 33 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2020 Scrimmage yards rank
- 767 scrimmage yards · RB 55th (top 10%) · ACC 19th (top 8%) · National 89th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Duke | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Duke | 8 | 95 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 30.6 |
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 13 | 48 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 71.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 13 | 1,052 | 806 | 246 | 9 | 71.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 12 | 833 | 641 | 192 | 8 | 67.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 11 | 767 | 682 | 85 | 6 | 63.2 |
Related Context
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Deon Jackson played RB for Duke. Across 4 tracked seasons, Deon Jackson recorded 41 passing yards, 2,267 rushing yards, and 534 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Duke paired 1,100 primary output with 53.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 44.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2020 Regular Season · Duke
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
69.7
Efficiency
44.8
Usage
26
Consistency
64.2
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 46. Boston College: 81. Virginia: 47. Virginia Tech: 72. Syracuse: 182. NC State: 34. Charlotte: 101. North Carolina: 80. Georgia Tech: 76. Miami: 14. Florida State: 34
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 17 by 32.9. Boston College: 16 by 51.9. Virginia: 15 by 34.9. Virginia Tech: 16 by 47.1. Syracuse: 31 by 59.7. NC State: 20 by 17.7. Charlotte: 10 by 92.1. North Carolina: 11 by 50.9. Georgia Tech: 12 by 63.9. Miami: 9 by 16.2. Florida State: 14 by 25.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins141.5 · Games = 2 · +87.7 vs Losses
Losses53.8 · Games = 9 · -87.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
92.1 vs Charlotte
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/12 | @ Florida State | L 35-56 | 14 | 34 | 2.40 | 1 | — | — | 2.4 |
| Sun 12/6 | vs Miami | L 0-48 | 9 | 14 | 1.60 | 0 | — | — | 1.6 |
| Sun 11/29 | @ Georgia Tech | L 33-56 | 9 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 6.3 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs North Carolina | L 24-56 | 10 | 33 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 7.3 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Charlotte100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 53-19 | 10 | 101 | 10.10 | 2 | — | — | 10.1 |
| Sat 10/17 | @ NC State | L 20-31 | 20 | 34 | 1.70 | 0 | — | — | 1.7 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Syracuse100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 38-24 | 30 | 169 | 5.60 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5.9 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Virginia Tech2+ TD | L 31-38 | 15 | 68 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Virginia | L 20-38 | 14 | 49 | 3.50 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3.1 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Boston College | L 6-26 | 15 | 74 | 4.90 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5.1 |
| Sat 9/12 | @ Notre Dame | L 13-27 | 15 | 52 | 3.50 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 2.7 |
Player Story
Deon Jackson story
Deon Jackson built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a running back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 4, spending time with Duke. The clearest part of Deon Jackson's career was his backfield work: 2,267 rushing yards, 526 carries, 18 rushing touchdowns, and 534 receiving yards across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Duke. 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. His career also includes 41 passing yards, 534 receiving yards, and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke.
The arc is straightforward: Deon 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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Duke
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720172018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Duke | 101 | 29.6 | 6.7 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Duke | 101 | 29.6 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Duke | 1,100 | 53.4 | 25.3 | 999 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Duke | 1,100 | 53.4 | 25.3 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Duke | 833 | 42.2 | 27.2 | -267 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Duke | 767 | 44.8 | 26 | -66 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Pittsburgh
Week 9 · L 45-54 · Conference game
Loss with 251 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
87 takeover
251 scrimmage yards and 21.3 usage.
#2
@ Syracuse
Week 6 · W 38-24 · Conference game
182
Scrimmage Yards
86.6 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
182 scrimmage yards and 36 usage.
#3
@ North Carolina
Week 9 · L 17-20 · Conference game
110
Scrimmage Yards
83.3 takeover
Loss with 110 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
110 scrimmage yards and 33.9 usage.
#4
vs Pittsburgh
Week 6 · L 30-33 · Conference game
107
Scrimmage Yards
78.4 takeover
Loss with 107 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
107 scrimmage yards and 33.9 usage.
#5
@ Virginia Tech
Week 5 · W 45-10 · Conference game
100
Scrimmage Yards
74.5 takeover
Win with 100 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
100 scrimmage yards and 22.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Duke
1,100 primary output · 53.4 efficiency · 25.3 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Duke
71.6
1,100 primary · 53.4 efficiency · 25.3 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Duke
67.3
833 primary · 42.2 efficiency · 27.2 usage
Milestones
4
100+ rush yards
2
150+ scrimmage yards
5
2+ TD games
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