#40

Landon Jackson

Former defensive lineman at Arkansas. 2024: 6.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

DL · Arkansas · Sr. · #40

6′7″ · 280 lb · Texarkana, TX

CFB Index 86 · #25 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceBuffalo — drafted 2025, Rd 3, Pick 8, #72 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 165 nationally · Signed with Arkansas

Statement game11 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3.5 sacksat Alabama (FBS) · L 21-24

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Arkansas. 2024: 6.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arkansas in 2021.
Transferred from LSU to Arkansas in 2022.
Drafted round 3 by the Buffalo in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arkansas, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #72 overall by Buffalo.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2021

Signed with LSU4-star out of Texarkana Pleasant Grove
Signed with Arkansas4-star out of Royse City

20227 games

Entered the portal

202312 games

All-SECfirst

202412 games

All-SECsecond

2025

Drafted by Buffaloround 3, pick 72

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#125 national

CFB

College

Arkansas

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #72

Buffalo · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

1 coach

2022–2024

Sam Pittman

Arkansas

Played his entire career under Sam Pittman.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 2nd NFL season

#72Rd 3 · Pick 8

BuffaloEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Sam Pittman — 18-20 over that span.

2022Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

2023Arkansas4-8HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

2024Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

86All-Conference level #25 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#22 / 2892 · 99th pct

Sacks#58 / 2892 · 98th pct

6.5

Tackles for loss#135 / 2892 · 95th pct

9.5

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#613 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles#636 / 2892 · 78th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.1	0.8	0.5	0.4
Road5g	4.0	0.8	0.6	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

86 · #25 of 426 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #25 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arkansas	49	28	9.5	6.5	3	--	--
2023	Arkansas	45	22	14.0	7.0	1	--	--
2022	Arkansas	21	9	3.0	3.0	1	--	--
Career		115	59	26.5	16.5	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 19–14

vs Tennessee

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With T. Green — 266 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.7 · -5 rush yds (9 car) · D. Bale — 57 AVG · 66 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week