Chris Jackson

Former defensive back at Marshall. 2019: 1 interception, 11 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

DB · Marshall · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 186 lb · Tallahassee, FL

Tennessee — drafted 2020, Rd 7, Pick 29, #243 overall

The story

Former defensive back at Marshall. 2019: 1 interception, 11 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Marshall in 2016.
Drafted round 7 by the Tennessee in 2020.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2859 nationally · Signed with Marshall

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Marshall, 187 tackles — drafted at #243 overall by Tennessee.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201612 games

Signed with Marshall2-star out of Florida A&M University Developmental Research Scho

2020

Drafted by Tennesseeround 7, pick 243

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2859 national

CFB

College

Marshall

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #243

Tennessee · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Doc Holliday

Marshall

Played his entire career under Doc Holliday.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

TennesseeEntering 7th NFL season

#243Rd 7 · Pick 29

TennesseeEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Doc Holliday — 28-23 over that span.

2016Marshall3-9HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2017Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2018Marshall9-4HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2019Marshall8-5HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#26 / 2688 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#1370 / 2688 · 48th pct

Tackles#1620 / 2688 · 39th pct

Interceptions#301 / 779 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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Tackles for loss#2300 / 2688 · 7th pct

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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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
Road3g	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Gibson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Marshall	25	17	0.0	0.0	11	1	--
2018	Marshall	59	38	0.0	0.0	15	1	1
2017	Marshall	62	31	2.5	0.5	10	3	1
2016	Marshall	41	22	4.0	1.5	9	2	--
Career		187	108	6.5	2.0	45	7	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 56–17

vs VMI

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 39-point win at home against VMI.

With I. Green — 238 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.9 · 46 rush yds (8 car) · A. Thomson — 102 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.5 · 16 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week