#52

D'Marco Jackson

Former linebacker at App State. 2021: 119 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

LB · App State · Sr. · #52

6′1″ · 230 lb · Spartanburg, SC

CFB Index 96 · #3 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamNew Orleans — drafted 2022, Rd 5, Pick 18, #161 overall

Recruiting

2★

RB recruit

No. 3763 nationally · Signed with App State

Statement game13 tackles · 4.5 TFL · 3 sacksvs Elon (FCS) · W 44-10

Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at App State. 2021: 119 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to App State in 2017.
Drafted round 5 by the New Orleans in 2022.
Named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at App State, 289 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #161 overall by New Orleans.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with App State2-star out of Broome

202011 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

202113 games

All-Sun Beltfirst
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Yearwinner

2022

Drafted by New Orleansround 5, pick 161

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3763 national

CFB

College

App State

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #161

New Orleans · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM

All-Sun Belt 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

3 coaches

2018

Scott Satterfield

App State

2019

Eli Drinkwitz

App State

era →

2020–2021

Shawn Clark

App State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New OrleansEntering 5th NFL season

#161Rd 5 · Pick 18

New OrleansEntering 5th NFL season

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2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018App State11-2HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2019App State13-1HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-heavy

2020App State9-3HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021App State10-4HC: Shawn Clark · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

96All-America level #3 of 578?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (100th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles for loss#5 / 2743 · 100th pct

18.5

QB hurries#8 / 2743 · 100th pct

Tackles#16 / 2743 · 99th pct

119

Solo tackles#58 / 2743 · 98th pct

Sacks#96 / 2743 · 96th pct

6.0

Forced fumbles#9 / 673 · 95th pct

Passes defended#207 / 2743 · 91st pct

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st 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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	9.6	1.3	0.4	0.3
Road6g	7.8	1.5	0.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	9.5	1.5	0.7	0.3
Weeks 8+7g	8.1	1.3	0.3	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #3 of 578 FBS linebackers by CFB Index Score.2021 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

96 · #3 of 578 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #3 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	App State	119	56	18.5	6.0	5	1	1
2020	App State	86	36	6.5	2.5	6	2	--
2019	App State	60	31	6.5	3.0	2	--	--
2018	App State	24	9	2.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		289	132	33.5	11.5	14	3	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 30–27

vs Coastal Carolina

1 QB HUR · 0 TFL · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Brice — 347 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.4 · 34 rush yds (5 car) · M. Williams — 8 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 33-19vs East Carolina	8	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 23-25@ Miami	10	6	1.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 44-10vs Elon	13	6	4.5	3.0	—	0	3 sacks
Wk 4	W 31-30vs Marshall	14	7	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 5	W 45-16@ Georgia State	9	6	1.0	1.0	1	1
Wk 7	L 13-41@ Louisiana	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 30-27vs Coastal Carolina	11	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 59-28vs UL Monroe	7	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 48-14@ Arkansas State	9	7	2.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 31-7vs South Alabama	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 45-7@ Troy	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 27-3vs Georgia Southern	7	6	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 16-24@ Louisiana	11	4	3.5	1.0	—	0	3.5 TFL
Total		114	55	18.0	6.0	1	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

D'Marco Jackson

2017

202011 games

202113 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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