Player Dossier

2023-2025

Georgia Southern

Ayden Jackson

DB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Marietta, GA, USA

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Ayden Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

68

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Player Story

Ayden Jackson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Marietta, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Ayden Jackson's career was his defensive...

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Ayden Jackson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Georgia Southern. Ayden Jackson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
115
TFL
7
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Ayden Jackson quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Southern · DB
Career Tackles
115
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Georgia Southern
Top game
South Alabama
Latest roster
No. 5 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
74 tackles · DB 37th (top 4%) · Sun Belt 25th (top 4%) · National 217th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonGeorgia Southern42-0-109
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern44-0--09
2024 PostseasonGeorgia Southern11410--032.5
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern11312.5011032.5
2025 PostseasonGeorgia Southern133-0--051.9
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern13713.5013051.9

Related Context

Ayden Jackson played DB for Georgia Southern. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ayden Jackson recorded 115 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Georgia Southern paired 10.5 primary output with 31.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

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

Analysis workspace

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2024 Postseason · Georgia Southern

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

18.3

Usage

5.7

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

South Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Sam Houston: 1. South Carolina State: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Georgia State: 0. Marshall: 0. James Madison: 0. Old Dominion: 1.5. South Alabama: 1.5. Troy: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. App State: 1.5

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Sam Houston: 4 by 26.7. South Carolina State: 2 by 8.3. Ole Miss: 4 by 16.7. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3. Marshall: 4 by 16.7. James Madison: 3 by 12.5. Old Dominion: 3 by 27.5. South Alabama: 6 by 40. Troy: 4 by 16.7. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. App State: 2 by 23.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Alabama

Best efficiency game

40 vs South Alabama

Result
Fri 12/20@ Sam HoustonL 26-3143100
Sat 11/30vs App StateW 29-20210.5000
Sat 11/23@ Coastal CarolinaW 26-611000
Sat 11/16vs TroyL 20-2842000
Sat 11/2@ South AlabamaW 34-30631.5000
Thu 10/24@ Old DominionL 19-47310.5001
Sat 10/19vs James MadisonW 28-1432000
Sun 10/13vs MarshallW 24-2343000
Sat 9/28@ Georgia StateW 38-2121000
Sat 9/21@ Ole MissL 13-5242000
Sat 9/14vs South Carolina StateW 42-1421000

Player Story

Ayden Jackson story

Ayden Jackson built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Marietta, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Ayden Jackson's career was his defensive production: 115 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 5 passes defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Ayden Jackson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Georgia Southern

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonGeorgia Southern18.81.2
2023 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern18.81.20
2024 PostseasonGeorgia Southern5.518.35.74.5
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern5.518.35.70
2025 PostseasonGeorgia Southern10.531.87.35
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern10.531.87.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ South Alabama

Week 10 · W 34-30 · Conference game

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 92 Jacksonville State

Week 3 · W 41-34

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Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina

Week 12 · W 45-40 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#4

vs App State

Week 14 · W 29-20 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 86 Marshall

Week 14 · W 24-19 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Georgia Southern

10.5 primary output · 31.8 efficiency · 7.3 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

51.9

10.5 primary · 31.8 efficiency · 7.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Georgia Southern

32.5

5.5 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 5.7 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games