Junior safety on Texas State's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 195 lb · Dallas, TX
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.
The story
3 safety on Texas State's 2025 roster.
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 2465 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonDJ Jackson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 1 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
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.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #444 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas State | 29 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Missouri | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Missouri | 13 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 49 | 32 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-27vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 35-3vs Nicholls | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-31@ Arkansas State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-14@ Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 41-10vs Rice | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Texas State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Texas State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #82 · 2026 recruiting class #74
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jelani McDonald’s 2024 season.
Matches Jelani on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Judge Collier's junior season at South Carolina (2025).
Matches Judge on
Player DNA