Player Dossier

2019-2023

NC State

Savion Jackson

DE • 6'2" • 290 lbs • Clayton, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Savion Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

Savion Jackson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive end from Clayton, NC wearing No. 9, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Savion Jackson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9309

Clayton · Clayton, NC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Savion Jackson, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · NC State. Savion Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
106
TFL
13
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Savion Jackson quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · DE
Career Tackles
106
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · NC State
Top game
Wake Forest
Recruit profile
4-star · Clayton · NC State
High school pipeline
Clayton · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
40 tackles · DE 35th (top 13%) · ACC 98th (top 16%) · National 896th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNC State6810--09
2020 PostseasonNC State91-0--026.3
2020 Regular SeasonNC State919212-026.3
2021 Regular SeasonNC State9231.505-039.3
2022 Regular SeasonNC State6153021045.1
2023 PostseasonNC State124-0--051.2
2023 Regular SeasonNC State12365.52.52-051.2

Related Context

Savion Jackson played DE for NC State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Savion Jackson recorded 106 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

NC State paired 10 primary output with 22.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 22.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2023 Postseason · NC State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

22.2

Usage

5.8

Consistency

33.9

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kansas State: 0. Notre Dame: 0. VMI: 0.5. Virginia: 1. Louisville: 0.5. Marshall: 1.5. Duke: 0. Clemson: 1. Miami: 0. Wake Forest: 4. Virginia Tech: 0.5. North Carolina: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas State: 4 by 16.7. Notre Dame: 3 by 12.5. VMI: 2 by 13.3. Virginia: 5 by 30.8. Louisville: 5 by 25.8. Marshall: 3 by 27.5. Duke: 2 by 8.3. Clemson: 2 by 18.3. Miami: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 4 by 56.7. Virginia Tech: 4 by 21.7. North Carolina: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 8 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 4 · -1.1 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

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Wake Forest

Result
Thu 12/28@ Kansas StateL 19-2843000
Sun 11/26vs North CarolinaW 39-2030000
Sat 11/18@ Virginia TechW 35-28410.5000
Sat 11/11@ Wake Forest2+ sacks · Splash gameW 26-642220
Sun 11/5vs MiamiW 20-631000
Sat 10/28vs ClemsonW 24-1720000
Sun 10/15@ DukeL 3-2420000
Sat 10/7vs MarshallW 48-413110.500
Fri 9/29vs LouisvilleL 10-13510.5000
Fri 9/22@ VirginiaW 24-2151100
Sat 9/16vs VMIW 45-7200.5000
Sat 9/9vs Notre DameL 24-4530000

Player Story

Savion Jackson story

Savion Jackson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive end from Clayton, NC wearing No. 9, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Savion Jackson's career was his defensive production: 106 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Savion Jackson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    NC State

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNC State17.21.6
2020 PostseasonNC State514.83.14
2020 Regular SeasonNC State514.83.10
2021 Regular SeasonNC State6.517.94.11.5
2022 Regular SeasonNC State620.45.4-0.5
2023 PostseasonNC State1022.25.84
2023 Regular SeasonNC State1022.25.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wake Forest

Week 11 · W 26-6 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

@ East Carolina

Week 1 · W 21-20

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Boston College

Week 7 · W 33-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Wake Forest

Week 3 · W 45-42 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Liberty

Week 12 · W 15-14

2

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · NC State

10 primary output · 22.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage

51.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · NC State

51.2

10 primary · 22.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · NC State

45.1

6 primary · 20.4 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games