Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Old Dominion
Jackson Forrest
LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Concord, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jackson Forrest shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Old Dominion
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
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- Program Path
- Old Dominion
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Player Story
Jackson Forrest built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Concord, NC wearing No. 18, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Jackson Forrest's career was his defensive production: 52...
Read the storyJackson Forrest, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Old Dominion. Jackson Forrest shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 52
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Jackson Forrest quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Old Dominion · LB
- Career Tackles
- 52
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Old Dominion
- Top game
- Troy
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 52 tackles · LB 271st (top 22%) · Sun Belt 64th (top 11%) · National 562nd (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Old Dominion | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 55.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 12 | 51 | 6 | 3.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 55.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Old Dominion to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 76.6 | Feb 6, 2026 |
Jackson Forrest played LB for Old Dominion. Across 1 tracked season, Jackson Forrest recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Old Dominion.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Old Dominion paired 12.5 primary output with 28.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 28.5 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: Troy
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Old Dominion
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
28.5
Usage
6.3
Consistency
40.7
Best Game by takeover score
Troy
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 2. North Carolina Central: 0. Virginia Tech: 3. Liberty: 1. Coastal Carolina: 2. Marshall: 0. James Madison: 0.5. App State: 0. UL Monroe: 1. Troy: 3. Georgia Southern: 0. Georgia State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Florida: 1 by 24.2. North Carolina Central: 3 by 12.5. Virginia Tech: 6 by 55. Liberty: 4 by 26.7. Coastal Carolina: 5 by 40.8. Marshall: 3 by 12.5. James Madison: 5 by 25.8. App State: 3 by 12.5. UL Monroe: 3 by 22.5. Troy: 10 by 71.7. Georgia Southern: 5 by 20.8. Georgia State: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.2 · Games = 10 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Troy
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Troy
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/17 | @ South FloridaSplash game | W 24-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Georgia State | W 27-10 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Georgia Southern | W 45-10 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/14 | vs Troy10+ tackles · Splash game | W 33-0 | 10 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ UL Monroe | W 31-6 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs App State | W 24-21 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ James Madison | L 27-63 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Marshall | L 24-48 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Coastal CarolinaSplash game | W 47-7 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Liberty | W 21-7 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Virginia TechSplash game | W 45-26 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs North Carolina Central | W 54-6 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jackson Forrest story
Jackson Forrest built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Concord, NC wearing No. 18, spending time with Old Dominion. The clearest part of Jackson Forrest's career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Old Dominion. 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 Jackson Forrest's production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Old Dominion.
The arc is straightforward: Jackson Forrest 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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Old Dominion
2025
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Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2025 Postseason | Old Dominion | 12.5 | 28.5 | 6.3 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 12.5 | 28.5 | 6.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 87 Troy
Week 12 · W 33-0 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 105 Virginia Tech
Week 3 · W 45-26
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Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina
Week 6 · W 47-7 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 29 South Florida
Week 1 · W 24-10 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 102 Liberty
Week 5 · W 21-7
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Havoc Plays
42.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Old Dominion
12.5 primary output · 28.5 efficiency · 6.3 usage
55.5
#2
2025 Regular Season · Old Dominion
55.5
12.5 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 6.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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