#17

Josh Jackson

Senior quarterback for Maryland. 2019: 1,274 passing yards, 12 TD, 6 INT.

QB · Maryland · Sr. · #17

6′2″ · 218 lb · Ann Arbor, MI

Maryland 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DUAL recruit

No. 445 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Maryland. 2019: 1,274 passing yards, 12 TD, 6 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Maryland, 4,840 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2016

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of Saline

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#445 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

3 coaches

2017

D.J. Durkin

Maryland

2018

Matt Canada

Maryland

era →

2019

Mike Locksley

Maryland

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: D.J. Durkin, Matt Canada, and Mike Locksley. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Virginia Tech9-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Virginia Tech6-7HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: completion % (4th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#23 / 166 · 74th pct

Interceptions#83 / 177 · 49th pct

Pass TDs#90 / 177 · 48th pct

Pass yards#113 / 177 · 36th pct

1274

Yards / att#142 / 177 · 19th pct

6.2

Rush TDs#142 / 177 · 10th pct

Rush yards#160 / 177 · 10th pct

-53

Completion %#171 / 177 · 4th pct

47.3%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	147	1.4	5.8	0.8
Road5g	108	1.0	5.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	194	2.0	7.4	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	61.2	0.4	3.4	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Maryland	98	207	47.3%	1,274	6.2	12	6	112.4	--	--	--
2018	Virginia Tech	36	58	62.1%	575	9.9	5	1	170.3	--	--	--
2017	Virginia Tech	236	396	59.6%	2,991	7.6	20	9	135.2	--	--	--
Career		370	661	56.0%	4,840	7.3	37	16	131.1	--	--	--

Season	Team
2019	Maryland	53	-53	-1.0	0	--
2018	Virginia Tech	20	61	3.0	1	--
2017	Virginia Tech	124	324	2.6	6	--
Career		197	332	1.7	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 79–0

vs Howard

245 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.9

Dominant 79-point win at home against Howard.

With J. Funk — 79 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · T. Pigrome — 61 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.3 · 22 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 79-0vs Howard	15/24	245	4	0	10.2	92.9	4 TD passes
Wk 2	W 63-20vs Syracuse	21/38	296	3	1	7.8	84.7	Season-high 296 yds
Wk 3	L 17-20@ Temple	15/38	183	1	1	4.8	16.1
Wk 5	L 0-59vs Penn State	10/21	65	0	2	3.1	3.8
Wk 6	W 48-7@ Rutgers	9/16	179	2	0	11.2	60.5
Wk 9	L 10-52@ Minnesota	0/2	0	0	0	0.0	0.3
Wk 10	L 7-38vs Michigan	9/20	97	0	1	4.9	—
Wk 11	L 14-73@ Ohio State	4/9	35	1	0	3.9	—
Wk 13	L 7-54vs Nebraska	4/12	33	0	0	2.8	—
Wk 14	L 16-19@ Michigan State	11/27	141	1	1	5.2	—
Total		98/207	1274	12	6	5.4	43.1

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