Daniel Jackson

#9 · WR · Sr. · Minnesota6′0″ · 195 lb · Kansas City, KS · Bishop Miege

Daniel Jackson: WR · Minnesota · #9.

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Daniel Jackson

WR · Minnesota · Sr · #9

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Fifth year in the Minnesota receiving corps. The first career honor came in 2023: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 117 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Maryland — Week 9, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Minnesota in the news

Hastings RB Zack Shatek commits to MinnesotaThe Daily Gopher Oct 29
Bob Uecker diesOct 29
Minnesota beats North Dakota for first win of seasonOct 23
Ferentz names Minnesota's starting QBKCCI Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Minnesota	75	863	11.5	4	39
2023	Minnesota	59	831	14.1	8	39
2022	Minnesota	37	557	15.1	5	66
2021	Minnesota	25	267	10.7	1	25
2020	Minnesota	12	167	13.9	0	24
Career		208	2,685	12.9	18	66

Season	Team
2024	Minnesota	3	13	--	3
2023	Minnesota	1	−5	20	--
2022	Minnesota	--	--	--	--
2021	Minnesota	--	--	--	--
2020	Minnesota	--	--	--	--
Career		4	8	20	3

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-19vs North Carolina	4	55	13.8	0	20
Wk 2	W 48-0vs Rhode Island	4	40	10.0	0	16
Wk 3	W 27-0vs Nevada	4	61	15.3	0	39
Wk 4	L 14-31vs Iowa	9	112	12.4	0	28
Wk 5	L 24-27@ No. 12 Michigan	7	58	8.3	1	20
Wk 6	W 24-17vs No. 11 USC	4	36	9.0	0	16
Wk 7	W 21-17@ UCLA	10	89	8.9	0	27
Wk 9	W 48-23vs Maryland	9	117	13.0	2	24	Season-high 117 yds
Wk 10	W 25-17@ No. 24 Illinois	5	74	14.8	0	37
Wk 11	L 19-26@ Rutgers	7	70	10.0	0	22
Wk 13	L 25-26vs No. 4 Penn State	6	90	15.0	0	23
Wk 14	W 24-7@ Wisconsin	6	61	10.2	1	37
Total		75	863	11.5	4	39

Signature game

Week 9 · 2024

W 48-23

vs Maryland

9 rec · 117 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 25-point win at home against Maryland.

With M. Brosmer — 320 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.6 · M. Crawford — 41.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Illinois · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.69Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 37 yds to the ILL 38 for a
Week 13 · Penn State · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 23 yds to the PSU 32 for a
Week 5 · Michigan · 4th and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 12 yds to the MICH 38 for a
Week 5 · Michigan · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 20 yds to the MICH 32 for a
Week 13 · Penn State · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 20 yds to the MINN 49 for a
Week 9 · Maryland · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Brosmer to Jackson: a 4-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 14 · Wisconsin · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 37 yds to the WIS 25 for a
Week 9 · Maryland · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.55Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 10 yds to the MINN 47 for a
Week 5 · Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Brosmer to Jackson: a 12-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Maryland · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 10 yds for a TD (Dragan Kesich KICK)

Teams and coaches

5 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 35-24 over that span.

2020Minnesota3-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2021Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 76 (#45 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

76All-Conference level #45 of 466 · 2024?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: catch rate (91st percentile). Strength: receptions (95th percentile). Concern: td rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#1 / 610 · 91st pct

100.0%

Explosive rate#164 / 610 · 73rd pct

19.4%

EPA / target#225 / 610 · 63rd pct

0.97

Yards / catch#323 / 610 · 47th pct

11.7

TD rate#484 / 610 · 20th pct

2.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#24 / 541 · 95th pct

Rec yards#54 / 541 · 90th pct

863

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Rush yards#143 / 299 · 51st pct

Rush TDs#55 / 299 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#90 / 221 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#390 / 541 · 28th pct

11.5

Long catch#391 / 541 · 27th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

75th → 63rd percentile

Explosive rate

85th → 73rd percentile

Catch rate

53rd → 91st percentile

TD rate

83rd → 20th percentile

Yards / catch

74th → 47th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	5.7	73.0	12.6	0.3
Road5g	7.0	70.4	10.4	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.0	64.4	11.1	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	6.6	82.4	12.6	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Pass share

50.6%

409 pass / 399 run

Plays / game

62.2

13 games

Team sack rate

6.1%

429 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

75 catches and 3 carries in 12 games, more catches a game than nearly every FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

76 · #45 of 466 WRs · 2024

Former four-star. Now #45 at the position.

Daniel Jackson

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Style of play

Fans

Minnesota in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Five seasons at Minnesota

2020 5 games

2023 12 games