Daniel Jackson

Former wide receiver at Minnesota. 2024: 75 catches, 863 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Minnesota · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 195 lb · Kansas City, KS · Alexandria

CFB Index 76 · #45 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceMinnesota 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 332 nationally · Signed with Minnesota

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Minnesota. 2024: 75 catches, 863 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Minnesota in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Minnesota, 2,685 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 119 yds at Purdue.Purdue · L 30-492023

20205 games

Signed with Minnesota4-star out of Bishop Miege

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tensecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#332 national

CFB

College

Minnesota

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

76All-Conference level #45 of 466?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #45 of 466 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 24–17

vs USC

4 rec · 36 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With D. Taylor — 144 rush yds (25 car) · M. Brosmer — 169 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.3 · 14 rush yds (7 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · Illinois · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.69Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 37 yds to the ILL 38 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Penn State · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 23 yds to the PSU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Michigan · 4&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 12 yds to the MICH 38 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Michigan · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.26Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 20 yds to the MICH 32 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Penn State · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA +2.76Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 20 yds to the MINN 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Maryland · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Daniel Jackson 4 Yd pass from Max Brosmer (Dragan Kesich Kick)
Week 14 · Wisconsin · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.62Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 37 yds to the WIS 25 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Maryland · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.55Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 10 yds to the MINN 47 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.53Daniel Jackson 12 Yd pass from Max Brosmer (Dragan Kesich Kick)
Week 9 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.51Max Brosmer pass complete to Daniel Jackson for 10 yds for a TD (Dragan Kesich KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Michigan	7	58	8.3	1	20
Wk 6	W 24-17vs 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@ Illinois	5	74	14.8	0	37
Wk 11	L 19-26@ Rutgers	7	70	10.0	0	22
Wk 13	L 25-26vs Penn State	6	90	15.0	0	23
Wk 14	W 24-7@ Wisconsin	6	61	10.2	1	37
Total		75	863	11.7	4	39

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Slot Technician

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

His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jared Brown’s 2023 season.

Jared Brown

82%match

Coastal Carolina · 2023

All-Sun Belt

Elijhah Badger

Arizona State · 2022

77%

Jordan Moore

Duke · 2022

77%

Dymere Miller

Rutgers · 2024

74%

Derwin Burgess Jr.

Georgia Southern · 2023

74%

Matches Jared on

Total EPA (college ability)

Yards / reception

TD rate

Differs from Jared on

Reception volume (higher)

Recruiting rating (higher)

Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Julius Young’s path through Lafayette.

Julius Young

99%match

Lafayette · 2022

Jordan Moore

Duke · 2024

All-ACC

98%

Malik Murray

East Tennessee State · 2021

98%

Jayden Umbarger

Navy · 2023

96%

Noah Jennings

Cincinnati · 2025

94%

Matches Julius on

Yards per reception

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Josh Kelly's graduate season at Texas Tech (2024).

Josh Kelly

72%match

Texas Tech · 2024

All-Big 12

Zakhari Franklin

Illinois · 2024

All-Conference USA

71%

Luke Grimm

Kansas · 2024

71%

Lewis Bond

Boston College · 2025

All-ACCNFL Rd 6

68%

Jerjuan Newton

Toledo · 2024

All-MAC

64%

Matches Josh on

Yards / reception

Height

Total EPA (college ability)

Differs from Josh on

Recruiting rating (higher)

Reception volume (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Daniel Jackson

Jordan Moore

Duke · 2023

93%

Jordan Dwyer

TCU · 2025

93%

Dimitri Stanley

Iowa State · 2022

91%

DeAndre Moore Jr.

Texas · 2025

89%

Chimere Dike

Wisconsin · 2021

88%

Background

PRONUNCIATION Your browser does not support HTML5 audio. 2025 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in one game • made his Minnesota and collegiate debut against Northwestern State and made two extra points and kicked off three times. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Alexandria Area High School in Alexandria, Minnesota...

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