Player Dossier

2022-2025

Liberty

DJ Jackson

DL • 6'2" • 280 lbs • Sumter, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DJ Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.5

Efficiency

12.9

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

8.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
NC State • Liberty
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

DJ Jackson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · NC State. DJ Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

NC State paired 1.5 primary output with 17.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.9 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across NC State, Liberty.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Loss with 1 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 · Liberty

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

12.9

Usage

4.5

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Old Dominion

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Bowling Green: 1. James Madison: 0. Old Dominion: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 5 by 30.8. James Madison: 2 by 8.3. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Losses0.3 · Games = 3
First Half0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · Games = 4

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Bowling Green

Result
Sat 9/27@ Old DominionL 7-2120000
Sat 9/20vs James MadisonL 13-3121000
Sat 9/13@ Bowling GreenL 13-2353100
Sat 8/30vs Unknown10000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    NC State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Liberty

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNC State0
2023 Regular SeasonNC State00
2024 Regular SeasonNC State1.517.54.51.5
2025 Regular SeasonLiberty112.94.5-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Bowling Green

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

#2

Syracuse

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.2 takeover score.

#3

California

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.2 takeover score.

#4

James Madison

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#5

Old Dominion

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · NC State

1.5 primary output · 17.5 efficiency · 4.5 usage

24.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Liberty

8.7

1 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · NC State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8522

Sumter · Sumter, SC

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

19

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 7 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

DJ Jackson quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
19