Senior defensive back on Bowling Green's 2020 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb · Sandusky, OH
The story
4 defensive back on Bowling Green's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMelvin Jackson III
Melvin Jackson III has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Bowling Green. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Kent State, Week 4, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Bowling Green, 19 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Carl Pelini → Scot Loeffler. 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: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: tackles (10th 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
2019 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eddie George
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bowling Green | 13 | 8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Bowling Green | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 19 | 13 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019
W 46–3
vs Morgan State
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-3vs Morgan State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-35vs Louisiana Tech | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 20-62@ Kent State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-7vs Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-6vs Akron | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |