#99

Drake Jackson

Former linebacker at USC. 2021: 37 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 5 sacks.

LB · USC · So. · #99

6′4″ · 255 lb · Corona, CA

CFB Index 80 · #58 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSan Francisco — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 29, #61 overall

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 56 nationally · Signed with USC

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at USC. 2021: 37 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 5 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to USC in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the San Francisco in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at USC, 103 tackles — drafted at #61 overall by San Francisco.

His career

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

201911 games

Signed with USC4-star out of Centennial

20206 games

All-SEC
All-Pac-12Second Team

202110 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

2022

Drafted by San Franciscoround 2, pick 61

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#56 national

CFB

College

USC

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #61

San Francisco · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Pac-12 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

2 coaches

2019–2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Clay Helton → Donte Williams. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season

#61Rd 2 · Pick 29

San FranciscoEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019USC8-5HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

2020USC5-1HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

80All-Conference level #58 of 578?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (90th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Sacks#151 / 2743 · 94th pct

5.0

Tackles for loss#253 / 2743 · 90th pct

8.0

Solo tackles#943 / 2743 · 65th pct

Tackles#1045 / 2743 · 61st pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road4g	5.5	1.2	1.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.7	0.5	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	4.8	1.0	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #58 of 578 LBs

Former four-star. Now #58 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	USC	37	23	8.0	5.0	1	1	--
2020	USC	20	8	5.5	2.0	--	1	--
2019	USC	46	26	11.5	5.5	3	--	--
Career		103	57	25.0	12.5	4	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 45–14

at Washington State

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 3 SOLO

Dominant 31-point win on the road against Washington State.

With J. Dart — 391 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 81.3 · 32 rush yds (6 car) · G. Bryant Jr. — 3 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 30-7vs San José State	2	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	L 28-42vs Stanford	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 45-14@ Washington State	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 27-45vs Oregon State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 37-14@ Colorado	4	3	2.0	2.0	—	1	2 sacks
Wk 6	L 26-42vs Utah	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 16-31@ Notre Dame	6	6	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 41-34vs Arizona	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 16-31@ Arizona State	8	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 13	L 31-35vs BYU	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		37	23	8.0	5.0	1	1

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