Darius Jackson

Former running back at Eastern Michigan. 2015: 1,078 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 21 catches.

RB · Eastern Michigan · #6

6′0″ · Sparta, IL

Dallas — drafted 2016, Rd 6, Pick 41, #216 overall

The story

Former running back at Eastern Michigan. 2015: 1,078 rushing yards, 14 rushing TD, 21 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Eastern Michigan in 2012.
Drafted round 6 by the Dallas in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2653 nationally · Signed with Eastern Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Two seasons at Eastern Michigan, 1,300 rushing yards — drafted at #216 overall by Dallas.

His career

2012

Signed with Eastern Michigan2-star out of Sparta

2016

Drafted by Dallasround 6, pick 216

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2653 national

CFB

College

Eastern Michigan

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #216

Dallas · 2016

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 11th NFL season

#216Rd 6 · Pick 41

DallasEntering 11th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Chris Creighton — 3-21 over that span.

2014Eastern Michigan2-10HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2015Eastern Michigan1-11HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (95th percentile). Strength: carries (89th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#15 / 314 · 95th pct

Carries#36 / 314 · 89th pct

208

Rush yards#39 / 314 · 88th pct

1078

Rec yards#50 / 295 · 83rd pct

201

Receptions#54 / 295 · 81st pct

Long run#77 / 314 · 75th pct

Yards / carry#120 / 314 · 60th pct

5.2

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	103	7.1	1.0
Road6g	76.8	4.2	1.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	99.7	6.6	1.4
Weeks 8+5g	76.0	4.4	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Eastern Michigan	208	1,078	5.2	14	--
2014	Eastern Michigan	44	222	5.0	0	--
Career		252	1,300	5.2	14	--

Season	Team
2015	Eastern Michigan	21	201	9.6	2	--
2014	Eastern Michigan	15	126	8.4	2	--
Career		36	327	9.1	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2015

W 48–29

at Wyoming

52 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Wyoming on the road in a shootout.

With B. Roback — 330 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.6 · 3 rush yds (1 car) · A. Barnes — 53 AVG · 54 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 34-38vs Old Dominion	19	117	6.2	2	36
Wk 2	W 48-29@ Wyoming	17	52	3.1	1	18
Wk 3	L 17-28vs Ball State	7	97	13.9	2	63
Wk 4	L 36-58vs Army	16	141	8.8	2	53	Season-high 141 yds
Wk 5	L 22-44@ LSU	19	66	3.5	1	12
Wk 6	L 21-47vs Akron	24	112	4.7	0	24
Wk 7	L 20-63@ Toledo	18	113	6.3	2	30
Wk 8	L 21-49@ Northern Illinois	24	101	4.2	2	11
Wk 9	L 28-58vs Western Michigan	17	95	5.6	0	22
Wk 10	L 13-28@ Miami (OH)	17	47	2.8	1	32
Wk 11	L 17-28vs Massachusetts	15	55	3.7	0	15
Wk 13	L 28-35@ Central Michigan	15	82	5.5	1	49
Total		208	1078	5.7	14	63

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