Eddie Jackson: DB · Alabama · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Eddie Jackson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Third year in the same secondary at Alabama. The first one came in 2015: All-America (Walter Camp). A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Arkansas — Week 6, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-6vs No. 20 USC | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-10vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 48-43@ No. 19 Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-0vs Kent State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-6vs Kentucky | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-30@ No. 16 Arkansas | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 49-10@ No. 9 Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-14vs No. 6 Texas A&M | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 15 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 2 · 2016
W 38-10
1 interception · 4 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 28-point win at home against Western Kentucky.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%2 TFL24 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Nick Saban — 40-4 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
39.8%
417 pass / 630 run
Plays / game
69.8
15 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Alabama, 24 tackles — drafted at #112 overall by the Chicago Bears.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
Next stop · NFL
Chicago BearsEntering 10th NFL season
Chicago BearsEntering 10th NFL season
