Player Dossier

2021-2025

Northwestern

Miguel Jackson

DL • 6'0" • 295 lbs • Gibsonia, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Miguel Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

63%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Charlotte • Utah State • Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Player Story

Miguel Jackson built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Gibsonia, PA wearing No. 94, spending time with Charlotte, Northwestern, and Utah State. The clearest part of Miguel...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8022

Pine-Richland · Gibsonia, PA

Committed To
Charlotte
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Miguel Jackson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah State. Miguel Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
74
TFL
10.5
Sacks
6
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Miguel Jackson quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · DL
Career Tackles
74
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Utah State
Top game
Georgia State
Recruit profile
3-star · Pine-Richland · Charlotte
High school pipeline
Pine-Richland · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 94 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
5 tackles · DL 794th (top 74%) · Big Ten 465th (top 60%) · National 3,694th (top 60%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonCharlotte713211-030.8
2022 Regular SeasonCharlotte9292.50.5--027.1
2023 Regular SeasonCharlotte6153.521-047.5
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State3121.51.5--049.3
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern3211--022.1
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern33-0--022.1

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Utah State to NorthwesternG5/FCS to P479.3Mar 12, 2025
2024Charlotte to Utah StateG5/FCS to G5/FCS79.3Dec 4, 2023

Miguel Jackson played DL for Charlotte, Utah State, and Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Miguel Jackson recorded 74 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Charlotte.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Utah State paired 3 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Charlotte, Utah State, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

13.6

Usage

4

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 2. Michigan: 0. Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Central Michigan

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs Central Michigan

Result
Fri 12/26vs Central MichiganSplash gameW 34-722110
Sun 11/30@ IllinoisL 13-2011000
Sat 11/15vs MichiganL 22-2421000

Player Story

Miguel Jackson story

Miguel Jackson built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Gibsonia, PA wearing No. 94, spending time with Charlotte, Northwestern, and Utah State. The clearest part of Miguel Jackson's career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, and 6 sacks across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Miguel Jackson'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. 1

    Charlotte

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah State

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Northwestern

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonCharlotte413.54.1
2022 Regular SeasonCharlotte316.84.6-1
2023 Regular SeasonCharlotte6.521.363.5
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State326.77.5-3.5
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern213.64-1
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern213.640

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia State

Week 3 · L 25-41

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

91.1 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Florida International

Week 8 · L 15-34 · 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.

#3

@ Temple

Week 4 · L 29-45

2

Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida International

Week 6 · W 45-33 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 100 Central Michigan

Week 1 · W 34-7 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Utah State

3 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 7.5 usage

49.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Charlotte

47.5

6.5 primary · 21.3 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Charlotte

30.8

4 primary · 13.5 efficiency · 4.1 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games