Former linebacker at Kentucky. 2024: 32 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′1″ · 245 lb · Dublin, GA
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.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 1043 nationally · Signed with West Laurens
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Kentucky. 2024: 32 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
D'Eryk Jackson
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. He has spent five seasons in the Kentucky linebacker corps. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 2 TFL against Vanderbilt — Week 7, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kentucky, 204 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Mark Stoops — 33-29 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (23rd 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
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Stein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-31vs South Carolina | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-13vs Georgia | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-6vs Ohio | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-20vs Vanderbilt | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 20-48@ Florida | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24vs Auburn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 19 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Austin Keys’s 2023 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Hunter Barth's graduate season at Stanford (2025).
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Player DNA