Senior safety on App State's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Belle Glade, FL
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.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1250 nationally · Signed with Marshall
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on App State's roster.
EJ Jackson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across five seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Doc Holliday, Charles Huff and Shawn Clark. One game to point at: 11 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Southern Miss — Week 9, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at App State, 147 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Eli Drinkwitz → Shawn Clark. 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
Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th 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
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| 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
Dowell Loggains
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #173 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 34-40@ 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@ 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 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Andrew Mukuba’s 2021 season.
Matches Andrew on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Johnson's graduate season at San Diego State (2025).
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Player DNA