Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Florida State
Darrell Jackson Jr.
DL • 6'5" • 337 lbs • Quincy, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Darrell Jackson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Maryland • Miami • Florida State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami
Player Story
Darrell Jackson Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Quincy, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Florida State, Maryland, and Miami. The clearest part of Darrell Jackson...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 3
- Overall
- No. 103
- NFL Team
- New York Jets
Darrell Jackson Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida State. Darrell Jackson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 124
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 7
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Darrell Jackson Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 124
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Florida State
- Top game
- Miami
- High school pipeline
- Walsh Jesuit · 22 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 4 · Pick 3 · New York Jets
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · DL 29th (top 3%) · ACC 96th (top 13%) · National 766th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Maryland | 8 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 8 | 16 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 11 | 27 | 4.5 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 35.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Florida State | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 11 | 28 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 51.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida State | 12 | 44 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 20.9 |
Related Context
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Darrell Jackson Jr. played DL for Maryland, Miami, and Florida State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Darrell Jackson Jr. recorded 124 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Florida State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Florida State paired 12.5 primary output with 22 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.8 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: East Texas A&M
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Florida State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
17.8
Usage
4
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
East Texas A&M
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. East Texas A&M: 1.5. Kent State: 0.5. Virginia: 0. Miami: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Stanford: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. NC State: 0. Florida: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. East Texas A&M: 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 22.5. 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.
Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · -0.6 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
East Texas A&M
Best efficiency game
29.2 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Florida | L 21-40 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ NC State | L 11-21 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Virginia Tech | W 34-14 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Clemson | L 10-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Wake Forest | W 42-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ Stanford | L 13-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Pittsburgh | L 31-34 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Miami | L 22-28 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/26 | @ Virginia | L 38-46 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Kent State | W 66-10 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs East Texas A&M | W 77-3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Alabama | W 31-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Darrell Jackson Jr. story
Darrell Jackson Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Quincy, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Florida State, Maryland, and Miami. The clearest part of Darrell Jackson Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 124 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Darrell Jackson Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Maryland
2021
Opening stop
- 2
Miami
2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Florida State
2023-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Maryland | 0 | 11.5 | 2 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 11.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Miami | 8.5 | 17.9 | 4.7 | 8.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Florida State | 0.5 | 17.5 | 5.6 | -8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 12.5 | 22 | 6.7 | 12 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Florida State | 3 | 17.8 | 4 | -9.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Miami
Week 9 · L 14-36 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
vs North Carolina
Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
84.7 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.
#3
vs East Texas A&M
Week 2 · W 77-3
1.5
Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Duke
Week 8 · L 21-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Texas A&M
Week 3 · L 9-17
2
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Florida State
12.5 primary output · 22 efficiency · 6.7 usage
51.9
#2
2021 Postseason · Maryland
42.7
0 primary · 11.5 efficiency · 2 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Maryland
42.7
0 primary · 11.5 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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