Player Dossier

2020-2024

Kentucky

D'Eryk Jackson

LB • 6'1" • 245 lbs • Dublin, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

D'Eryk Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

92%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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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: 2023 Postseason · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

Player Story

D'Eryk Jackson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Dublin, GA wearing No. 54, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of D'Eryk Jackson's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.9007

El Paso El Dorado · El Paso, TX

Committed To
Minnesota
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

D'Eryk Jackson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kentucky. D'Eryk Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
204
TFL
15.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
9
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

D'Eryk Jackson quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · LB
Career Tackles
204
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Kentucky
Top game
Vanderbilt
Recruit profile
4-star · El Paso El Dorado · Minnesota
High school pipeline
El Paso El Dorado · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 54 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
32 tackles · LB 434th (top 36%) · SEC 160th (top 22%) · National 1,286th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonKentucky34-0--013.8
2021 PostseasonKentucky37-0--052
2021 Regular SeasonKentucky311-01-052
2022 Regular SeasonKentucky106140-2038.5
2023 PostseasonKentucky1381.51-1067.2
2023 Regular SeasonKentucky13816.5123267.2
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky7323.51-3049

Related Context

D'Eryk Jackson played LB for Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, D'Eryk Jackson recorded 204 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Kentucky paired 18 primary output with 42.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 42.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida

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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2023 Postseason · Kentucky

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

42.4

Usage

9.8

Consistency

45.2

Best Game by takeover score

Florida

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 3.5. Ball State: 0. Eastern Kentucky: 0.5. Akron: 1. Vanderbilt: 2. Florida: 3.5. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 1. Tennessee: 2. Mississippi State: 1.5. Alabama: 0. South Carolina: 2. Louisville: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Clemson: 8 by 68.3. Ball State: 8 by 33.3. Eastern Kentucky: 5 by 25.8. Akron: 2 by 18.3. Vanderbilt: 4 by 36.7. Florida: 5 by 55.8. Georgia: 11 by 45.8. Missouri: 9 by 47.5. Tennessee: 11 by 65.8. Mississippi State: 3 by 27.5. Alabama: 3 by 12.5. South Carolina: 9 by 57.5. Louisville: 11 by 55.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.4 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida

Best efficiency game

68.3 vs Clemson

Result
Fri 12/29vs ClemsonSplash gameL 35-38831.5011
Sat 11/25@ Louisville10+ tacklesW 38-31117100
Sun 11/19@ South CarolinaSplash gameL 14-1798101
Sat 11/11vs AlabamaL 21-4930000
Sat 11/4@ Mississippi StateW 24-3300.50010
Sat 10/28vs Tennessee10+ tackles · Splash gameL 27-33116200
Sat 10/14vs MissouriL 21-3895000
Sat 10/7@ Georgia10+ tacklesL 13-51119000
Sat 9/30vs FloridaSplash gameW 33-14531.5011
Sat 9/23@ VanderbiltSplash gameW 45-28430010
Sat 9/16vs AkronW 35-321001
Sat 9/9vs Eastern KentuckyW 28-17520.5000
Sat 9/2vs Ball StateW 44-1486000

Player Story

D'Eryk Jackson story

D'Eryk Jackson built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a linebacker from Dublin, GA wearing No. 54, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of D'Eryk Jackson's career was his defensive production: 204 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 36 career games in the available record. That gives D'Eryk Jackson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kentucky

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonKentucky112.23.2
2021 PostseasonKentucky231.714.11
2021 Regular SeasonKentucky231.714.10
2022 Regular SeasonKentucky630.67.14
2023 PostseasonKentucky1842.49.812
2023 Regular SeasonKentucky1842.49.80
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky8.531.27.9-9.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Vanderbilt

Week 7 · L 13-20 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

89.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Florida

Week 5 · W 33-14 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Clemson

Week 1 · L 35-38 · Postseason

3.5

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#4

vs South Carolina

Week 6 · L 14-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Iowa

Week 1 · W 20-17 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Kentucky

18 primary output · 42.4 efficiency · 9.8 usage

67.2

#2

2023 Regular Season · Kentucky

67.2

18 primary · 42.4 efficiency · 9.8 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Kentucky

52

2 primary · 31.7 efficiency · 14.1 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

8

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games