Adoree' Jackson

Former defensive back at USC. 2016: 5 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

DB · USC · #2

5′11″ · Belleville, IL

Tennessee — drafted 2017, Rd 1, Pick 18, #18 overall

Recruiting

5★

CB recruit

No. 7 nationally · Signed with USC

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at USC. 2016: 5 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to USC in 2014.
Drafted round 1 by the Tennessee in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at USC, 55 tackles — drafted at #18 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201412 games

Signed with USC5-star out of Junipero Serra

2017

Drafted by Tennesseeround 1, pick 18

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#7 national

CFB

College

USC

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #18

Tennessee · 2017

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Steve Sarkisian

USC

2015–2016

Clay Helton

USC

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Sarkisian → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 10th NFL season

#18Rd 1 · Pick 18

TennesseeEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014USC9-4HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2015USC8-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

2016USC10-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (100th percentile). Strength: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Forced fumbles#3 / 736 · 100th pct

Passes defended#26 / 2668 · 99th pct

Interceptions#12 / 763 · 98th pct

Solo tackles#240 / 2668 · 91st pct

Tackles#560 / 2668 · 79th pct

Tackles for loss#1319 / 2668 · 46th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.8
Road7g	4.6	0.3	0.0	0.9

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.8	0.1	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.2	0.0	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	USC	55	46	2.0	0.0	11	5	3
2015	USC	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	USC	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		55	46	2.0	0.0	11	6	3

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2016

W 26–13

at Washington

8 rush yds (1 car)

With S. Darnold — 287 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 77.7 · 15 rush yds (4 car) · C. Tilbey — 31 AVG · 35 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week