Sincere Jackson

Former linebacker at Sam Houston. 2024: 27 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Sam Houston · Jr. · #8

6′2″ · 220 lb · Fresno, CA

CFB Index 15 · #538 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceSam Houston 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

LB recruit

No. 157 nationally · Joined Sam Houston

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Sam Houston. 2024: 27 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Sam Houston in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Sam Houston, 56 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2022

Signed with Sam Houston3-star out of City College of San Francisco

2025

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#157 national

CFB

College

Sam Houston

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under K.C. Keeler — 13-12 over that span.

2023Sam Houston3-9HC: K.C. Keeler · Balanced

2024Sam Houston10-3HC: K.C. Keeler · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

15Below cohort / limited sample #538 of 571?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#993 / 2892 · 65th pct

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Tackles#1544 / 2892 · 46th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Tackles for loss#2296 / 2892 · 18th pct

0.5

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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Phil Longo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

15 · #538 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #538 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Sam Houston	27	21	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Sam Houston	29	17	2.0	0.5	--	--	--
Career		56	38	2.5	0.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 40–39

vs Texas State

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

Edged out Texas State at home in a shootout.

With H. Watson — 95 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.3 · 105 rush yds (27 car) · 2 TD · J. Cardell — 44 AVG · 52 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 34-14@ Rice	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 14-45@ UCF	5	3	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	W 31-13vs Hawai'i	4	4	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 40-39vs Texas State	3	3	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 14-31vs Western Kentucky	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 10-7@ Florida International	5	3	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 23-17@ Kennesaw State	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 11-21@ Jacksonville State	2	1	0.5	—
Wk 14	W 20-18vs Liberty	1	1	0.0	—
Bowl	W 31-26vs Georgia Southern	2	1	0.0	—
Total		27	21	0.5	—

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