#78

Bijhon Jackson

Defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2017: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DL · Arkansas · #78

6′1″ · 339 lb · El Dorado, AR

Arkansas 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DT recruit

No. 81 nationally · Signed with Arkansas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2017: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arkansas in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Arkansas, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Arkansas4-star out of El Dorado

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#81 national

CFB

College

Arkansas

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Bret Bielema, all run-leaning offenses — 11-14 over that span.

2016Arkansas7-6HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2017Arkansas4-8HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#441 / 2682 · 78th pct

Sacks#799 / 2682 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1340 / 2682 · 46th pct

2.0

Tackles#1755 / 2682 · 33rd pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2309 / 2682 · 12th pct

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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road3g	2.7	0.3	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Arkansas	22	7	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Arkansas	9	4	4.5	2.5	--	--	--
Career		31	11	6.5	3.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2017

W 39–38

vs Coastal Carolina

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Coastal Carolina at home in a shootout.

With T. Hammonds — 119 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Kelley — 264 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 6 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week