#28

Michael Jackson

Former defensive back at Miami. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · Miami · Sr. · #28

6′1″ · 200 lb · Birmingham, AL

Dallas — drafted 2019, Rd 5, Pick 20, #158 overall

The story

Former defensive back at Miami. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Drafted round 5 by the Dallas in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Miami, 90 tackles — drafted at #158 overall by Dallas.

His career

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

2019

Drafted by Dallasround 5, pick 158

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Miami

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #158

Dallas · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Mark Richt

Miami

Played his entire career under Mark Richt.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DallasEntering 8th NFL season

#158Rd 5 · Pick 20

DallasEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mark Richt — 26-13 over that span.

2016Miami9-4HC: Mark Richt · Balanced

2017Miami10-3HC: Mark Richt · Balanced

2018Miami7-6HC: Mark Richt · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (92nd percentile). Strength: sacks (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#176 / 2662 · 92nd pct

Sacks#416 / 2662 · 83rd pct

2.5

Solo tackles#821 / 2662 · 68th pct

Tackles#857 / 2662 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#906 / 2662 · 64th pct

3.5

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.8
Road7g	3.7	0.1	0.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	4.0	0.6	0.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Miami	42	25	3.5	2.5	6	--	--
2017	Miami	41	32	3.0	1.0	5	4	--
2016	Miami	7	2	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		90	59	6.5	3.5	12	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2018

W 38–14

at Virginia Tech

0 TFL · 1 PD · 4 TOT

Dominant 24-point win on the road against Virginia Tech.

With J. Spicer — 37 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 50 LONG · J. Thomas — 4 rec · 32 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week