Landon Jackson: DL · Arkansas · #40.
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Landon Jackson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Came to Arkansas by way of LSU. All-SEC in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Texas A&M, Week 5, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 70-0vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-39@ No. 16 Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-27vs UAB | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-14@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-21vs No. 24 Texas A&M | 8 | 6 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 19-14vs No. 4 Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-34vs No. 8 LSU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 58-25@ Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-63vs No. 19 Ole Miss | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-20vs No. 3 Texas | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-14vs Louisiana Tech | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-28@ No. 24 Missouri | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 28 | 9.5 | 6.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%10 TFLSack rate
13%6 sacksHurry rate
18%9 hurries49 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Sam Pittman — 18-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sam Pittman
Pass share
46.0%
413 pass / 485 run
Plays / game
69.1
13 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
446 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #25 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Arkansas, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #72 overall by the Buffalo Bills.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Ed Orgeron and Sam Pittman.
Next stop · NFL
Buffalo BillsEntering 2nd NFL season
Buffalo BillsEntering 2nd NFL season
