2025 Football Roster
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Jacoby Jackson
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 320
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Arlington, Texas
- High School/Previous School:
- Mansfield Summit HS (Texas Tech)
Career Honors
SEC Graduate
2025 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12
Career Notes
Played in 38 career games with 25 starts … At Mississippi State he has played in 12 games with 11 starts … Transferred to Mississippi State in Jan. of 2024.
2024 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with 11 starts … Started all 11 games at left guard … Played a season-high 99 snaps vs. Florida … Offensive blocking game 57.1 according to Pro Football Focus … Allowed two sacks and 15 pressures … Committed four penalties … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his Mississippi State debut and his first start as a Bulldog … Played 36 snaps, 27 at left guard … Had a pass blocking grade of 81.1 according to PFF ... at Arizona State (9/7): Played 44 snaps at left guard ... Earned a pass blocking grade of 77.2 ... Toledo (9/14): Played 49 snaps at left guard and 2 snaps at right tackle … Played a total of 70 snaps … Did not allow a sack ... Florida (9/21): Played 99 total snaps, 95 at left guard ... His 99 snaps played were the second-most he has played in a single game ... at Texas (9/28): Played in 68 total snaps, 65 of which came at left guard ... at Georgia (10/12): Played 72 total snaps with 67 at left guard ... Texas A&M (10/19): Played in 36 total snaps, 32 at left guard ... Arkansas (10/26): Played in 70 total snaps, 66 at left guard ... UMass (10/2): Played in 67 total snaps, 60 at left guard ... Had a pass blocking grade of 71.3 by PFF, highest since week two ... Did not allow a sack or a pressure ... at Tennessee (11/9): Played in 69 total snaps, 67 at left guard … at Ole Miss (11/29): Started at left guard … Played 31 snaps, 29 at left guard.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore Season - Texas Tech)
Appeared in 13 games, making eight starts … Earned a pass blocking grade of 78.6 according to Pro Football Focus … Season-best pass blocking grade of 86.8 in a road game at BYU … Played 515 snaps at left guard … Did not allow a sack and only committed three penalties in 598 total snaps … Helped the Texas Tech offense average 27.3 points per game on the year while rushing for an average of 162.7 yards per game and throwing for an average of 224.0 yards per contest.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman Season - Texas Tech)
Developed into a reliable option in the middle of the offensive line as a redshirt freshman … appeared in 12 of 13 games with six starts, including in each of the final five games of the season … missed only Texas Tech’s overtime victory over Houston (9/10) early in the season … made his first career start the following week at left guard in the road trip to N.C. State (9/17) … moved over to start the final five games at right guard for the final five games of the year following the injury to Landon Peterson … credited with playing in 718 offensive snaps according to Pro Football Focus, which ranked fifth among offensive players … bulk of snaps were at right guard with 589 compared to only 129 at left guard … graded out at 75.0 or better as a pass blocker in three of his final games as the starting right guard according to PFF … graded out at 81.4 as a pass blocker at TCU (11/5) and 81.1 in the win over Kansas (11/12) … the TCU game marked his best overall grade by the website at 68.7 … surrendered only two sacks over 409 opportunities, finishing with a 97.8 pass blocking efficiency rating by PFF … also a member of the Red Raiders’ field goal protection unit throughout the season
2021 (True Freshman Season - Texas Tech)
Redshirt season … appeared in two games overall after being inserted on the offensive line late in wins over Florida International (9/18) and at Kansas (10/16) … member of the dress roster during the season … scout team member.
High School
Attended Mansfield Summit High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex … helped Summit reach the state semifinal round of the Class 5A Division I playoffs as a senior … was a third team All-State selection that season by the Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA) ... was a first team All-District 4-5A honoree as well ... previously garnered first team All-District 7-6A honors as a junior … helped lead the Jaguars to a 7-4 record and a playoff berth … two-sport athlete as a member of Summit’s track and field program, competing in the shot put and discus … consensus three-star prospect by the likes of ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … listed as the No. 74 offensive tackle in the country and the No. 135 player in Texas by 247Sports … projected as an offensive guard by ESPN, ranking 29th nationally at the position and 86th among players in the state of Texas … the No. 74 overall player in the DFW area, according to the Dallas Morning News … had more than 40 offers from schools across country, including most of the Big 12 … Chose Texas Tech over Texas, Arizona State, Baylor and many others.
Personal
Son of Cedric and Tara Jackson ... has two older siblings, Cedricka and Jazzmin ... father, Cedric, played running back for TCU and in the NFL, most notably with the Detroit Lions ... uncle, Byron, played three years in the NFL, namely with the New York Giants ... enjoys fishing, video games and music ... a sport management major at Texas Tech with the goal of becoming a sports agent or athletic director.
Social Media
Twitter – @JacobyJackson75
Instagram – jacobyjackson75
