EJ Jackson: S · App State · #6.
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EJ Jackson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Doc Holliday, Charles Huff and Shawn Clark. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Southern Miss — Week 9, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
47 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 34-40@ No. 17 North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-38vs Southern Miss | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 31-9vs Marshall | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-14@ Georgia State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 26-23@ No. 18 James Madison | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 55-27vs Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-49@ Troy | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 13-9vs Miami (OH) | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 28 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Bowl · 2023
W 13-9
vs Miami (OH) · neutral site
9 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 5 solo tackles
A close one, won by 4 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
47tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL47 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 7 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Clark
Pass share
47.3%
470 pass / 523 run
Plays / game
70.9
14 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
491 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
More tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #173 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Marshall and App State, 147 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 34 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Doc Holliday, Charles Huff and Shawn Clark.
