Player Dossier

2021-2025

Florida State

Darrell Jackson

DL • 6'5" • 337 lbs • Quincy, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Darrell Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.4

Efficiency

17

Consistency

5.6

Season Value

7.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason · Maryland

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Maryland • Miami • Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Scouting Read

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Darrell Jackson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason · Maryland. Darrell Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.

Darrell Jackson played DL for Maryland, Miami, and Florida State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darrell Jackson recorded 124 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Florida State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Maryland paired 0 primary output with 11.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Miami, Florida State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

17

Usage

3.4

Consistency

5.6

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. Alabama: 0. Unknown: 1.5. Kent State: 0.5. Virginia: 0. Miami: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Stanford: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. NC State: 0. Florida: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 3 by 27.5. Kent State: 4 by 21.7. Virginia: 5 by 20.8. Miami: 3 by 12.5. Pittsburgh: 3 by 12.5. Stanford: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 3 by 12.5. Clemson: 3 by 12.5. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 7 by 29.2. Florida: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.1 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

29.2 vs NC State

Result
Sat 11/29@ FloridaL 21-4061000
Sat 11/22@ NC StateL 11-2172000
Sun 11/16vs Virginia TechW 34-1430000
Sun 11/9@ ClemsonL 10-2431000
Sat 11/1vs Wake ForestW 42-732000
Sun 10/19@ StanfordL 13-2032000
Sat 10/11vs PittsburghL 31-3431000
Sat 10/4vs MiamiL 22-2830000
Fri 9/26@ VirginiaL 38-4650000
Sat 9/20vs Kent StateW 66-10410.5000
Sat 9/6vs Unknown3110.500
Sat 8/30vs AlabamaW 31-1710000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Maryland

    2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Miami

    2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Florida State

    2023-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonMaryland011.52
2021 Regular SeasonMaryland011.520
2022 Regular SeasonMiami8.517.95.48.5
2023 PostseasonFlorida State0.517.57-8
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida State8.518.368
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida State2173.4-6.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Miami

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 59 takeover score.

#2

North Carolina

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.3 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

1.5

Primary metric

Game with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45.5 takeover score.

#4

Duke

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.

#5

Texas A&M

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 40.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2021 Postseason · Maryland

0 primary output · 11.5 efficiency · 2 usage

37.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Maryland

37.8

0 primary · 11.5 efficiency · 2 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Florida State

31.4

0.5 primary · 17.5 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.855

Walsh Jesuit · Stow, OH

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

3

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

124

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 43 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.