Junior tight end for Florida International. 2023: 11 catches, 116 receiving yards.
6′5″ · 220 lb · Marathon, FL
The story
3 tight end for Florida International. 2023: 11 catches, 116 receiving yards.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJackson McDonald
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Jackson McDonald has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Florida International. One game to point at: 44 rec yds, 3 receptions against UConn — Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida International, 158 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Butch Davis → Mike MacIntyre. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 17.2 | 11.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.6 | 16.6 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Florida International | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida International | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida International | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 16 | 158 | 9.9 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 46-39vs North Texas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-17@ UConn | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 23 | Season-high 44 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 6-38vs Liberty | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-34@ New Mexico State | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-27vs UTEP | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-27@ Sam Houston | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-41vs Jacksonville State | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-40@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 11 | 116 | 10.0 | 0 | 23 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Connor Blumrick’s 2022 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Justin Robinson's junior season at Mississippi State (2023).
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