Senior defensive end for Old Dominion. 2021: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.
6′4″ · 214 lb · Jackson, MS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 defensive end for Old Dominion. 2021: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearCory Jackson
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Two seasons at Old Dominion, two different head coaches: Bobby Wilder and Ricky Rahne. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Marshall, Week 6, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Old Dominion, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bobby Wilder → Ricky Rahne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ricky Rahne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Old Dominion | 31 | 14 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 36 | 17 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021
W 47–7
vs Hampton
1 QB HUR · 1 TOT
Dominant 40-point win at home against Hampton.
With D. Mack Jr. — 162 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 63.6 · 57 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD · J. Peaker — 141 rush yds (18 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-42@ Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 47-7vs Hampton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-45@ Liberty | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-35vs Buffalo | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-28@ UTEP | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-20@ Marshall | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 20-43vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-20vs Louisiana Tech | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-34vs Charlotte | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 12 | 4.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Caleb Tannor’s 2021 season.
Matches Caleb on
Differs from Caleb on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jayden McDonald's sophomore season at Virginia Tech (2022).
Matches Jayden on
Player DNA