Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Nevada
Nakian Jackson
LB • 6'1" • 237 lbs • Stockton, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nakian Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Player Story
Nakian Jackson built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Stockton, CA, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Nakian Jackson's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles and 1 interception...
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- Committed To
- Sacramento State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Nakian Jackson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nevada. Nakian Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 51
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Nakian Jackson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · LB
- Career Tackles
- 51
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- San José State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Damien · Sacramento State
- High school pipeline
- Damien · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 0 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 51 tackles · LB 282nd (top 23%) · Mountain West 49th (top 10%) · National 594th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 10 | 51 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 41.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nevada to James Madison | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 19.6 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| 2025 | Sacramento State to Nevada | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 78.4 | Apr 21, 2025 |
Nakian Jackson played LB for Nevada. Across 1 tracked season, Nakian Jackson recorded 14 receiving yards, 51 tackles, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Nevada paired 1 primary output with 21.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
21.8
Usage
4.9
Consistency
3.3
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Sacramento State: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Fresno State: 0. San Diego State: 0. New Mexico: 0. Boise State: 0. Utah State: 0. San José State: 1. Wyoming: 0. UNLV: 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. Sacramento State: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. San Diego State: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico: 4 by 16.7. Boise State: 13 by 50. Utah State: 12 by 50. San José State: 6 by 35. Wyoming: 5 by 20.8. UNLV: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
50 vs Utah State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs UNLV | L 17-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Wyoming | W 13-7 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs San José State | W 55-10 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Utah State10+ tackles | L 14-51 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Boise State10+ tackles | L 3-24 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ New Mexico | L 22-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | vs San Diego State | L 10-44 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/5 | @ Fresno State | L 17-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Western Kentucky | L 16-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Sacramento State | W 20-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Nakian Jackson story
Nakian Jackson built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Stockton, CA, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Nakian Jackson's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles and 1 interception across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Nevada. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Nakian Jackson's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 14 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nevada.
The arc is straightforward: Nakian Jackson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Nevada
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 1 | 21.8 | 4.9 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 118 San José State
Week 12 · W 55-10 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
78.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 64 Boise State
Week 9 · L 3-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
42.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 79 Utah State
Week 11 · L 14-51 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
35.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 35.3 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 110 Wyoming
Week 13 · W 13-7 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
19.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 19.2 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 73 New Mexico
Week 8 · L 22-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
14.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Nevada
1 primary output · 21.8 efficiency · 4.9 usage
41.5
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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